Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1302de80af706a9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

834.2 KB Created: 2006-08-24 11:39:46 +02:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.7 for Word (via Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows))
MD5: 8f792f14e20f3d0d0a9af1798c679f9f SHA-1: 111d0eeb1336b8968133a209d2ebc779dd3f862a SHA-256: 1302de80af706a9f6f56788415ba70d0a5715a11c346014bb5451154fd5a493a
576 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes the `exportDataObject` function to launch an embedded executable disguised as 'obrazec.pdf'. The embedded executable is detected as Win.Trojan.Swrort-5710536-0 by ClamAV. The PDF also contains a launch action targeting `cmd.exe` with parameters that suggest it attempts to change directories and potentially execute the dropped payload. The presence of a URL associated with 'zeustech.net' suggests a potential command and control or download source.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9767

Heuristics 17

  • Adobe Reader Launch action command execution critical CVE exact CVE_2010_1240
    PDF uses the Adobe Reader/Acrobat Launch action pattern associated with CVE-2010-1240: cmd.exe is invoked with attacker-controlled parameters, paired with an embedded/exported payload.
  • Launch action critical PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action whose target is an executable, URL, or UNC path — can start an external application
  • Embedded Windows executable payload in PDF stream critical PDF_EMBEDDED_PE_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an embedded Windows executable with a verified PE header. Exploit chains often hide droppers inside ordinary streams rather than standard /EmbeddedFile attachments.
  • /Launch action target: cmd.exe critical PDF_LAUNCH_COMMAND
    PDF /Launch action specifies an executable target with parameters '/Q /C %HOMEDRIVE%&cd %HOMEPATH%&(if exist "Desktop\\obrazec.pdf" (cd "Desktop"' — references a known-dangerous executable (cmd, PowerShell, etc.).
  • Embedded attachment masquerades: declared document, content is windows-executable critical PDF_EMBEDDED_FILESPEC_CONTENT_MISMATCH
    An /EmbeddedFile attachment's declared filename extension or /Subtype MIME type contradicts the magic bytes of its decompressed content. The attachment is declared as a benign document or image but the bytes are an executable or executable-bearing archive. This is a deliberate deception used to hide droppers in PDF attachments and is a generic indicator of embed-and-drop weaponisation, independent of any specific CVE.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Tool.Agent-1388586 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Tool.Agent-1388586
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • /Launch action paired with attachment-dropping JS API high PDF_LAUNCH_PLUS_DROPPER_JS
    PDF combines a /Launch action with a JavaScript API call that writes or opens an attached/external resource — the canonical shape of the CVE-2010-1240 /Launch + exportDataObject family. Benign PDFs do not pair these surfaces; the combination indicates a drop-and-execute chain regardless of the specific JS API knobs or /Launch target.
  • Clickable PDF combines external action with parser-evasion structure high PDF_ACTION_PARSER_EVASION
    PDF has an external clickable URI together with object graph or xref structures that make parsers disagree, such as divergent duplicate objects, parser divergence, or xref offset mismatch. That combination is stronger than a plain link: the document is both an outward-action carrier and a parser-confusion/evasion sample.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open
  • External URI low PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.zeustech.net/
    • http://]hostname[:port]/path
    • http://www.monotype.comMonotype
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdfx/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/
    • http://www.apache.org/
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/CPS��
    • https://www.verisign.com
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/verisignlogo.gif0��
    • https://www.verisign.com/CPS0b
    • http://www.microsoft.com/typography
    • https://www.verisign.com/rpa
    • http://ocsp.verisign.com/ocsp/status0
    • https://www.verisign.com/rpa0
    • http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/CodeSignPCA.crl0
    • http://www.monotype.com/html/mtname/ms_timesnewroman.htmlhttp://www.monotype.com/html/mtname/ms_welcome.htmlhttp://www.monotype.com/html/type/license.html
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/RPA0
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/verisignlogo.gif0�
    • https://www.verisign.com/CPS
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/CPS
    • http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/0

Extracted artifacts 12

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
High_Quality_Print.joboptions
92c1099a336b70e5880354bb469740551af654515aa5d5c09de8ad1b8f33cf14
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 31 at offset 0x2F4EC 15773 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 13 long base64-like blob(s).
obrazec.pdf
59ad656ce99189a4ba06d054c2408a2a13922ab814dec7d4603e2e222ffd8cfc
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 813 at offset 0xC559E 73802 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Swrort-5710536-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
javascript_obj0814_002.js
994692bfedaee3efe27ccbc4b7eef2addff13ab595b6261a6a84a8e3dfeaef38
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 814 at offset 0xD0232 56 bytes
stream_018_off00024326.bin
39c560b0050fc9be63cef1878e67702f37a6fbf2adf241fb52c1fef47fe1113e
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x24326 11308 bytes
stream_031_off00035e05.bin
a0f5b5f69a88877ffaa1733f0e0bbf9b4b3eef82f4ff804c724870cecea228d2
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x35E05 409252 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off00017ce6.bin
65e2a27214b96f2929f6f6251d04f98cc68e59aff87f0aef0dd48bddb7bea5d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CE6 31448 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00029a0f.bin
a3bbae99b1bb78c00a878a8b4081e5e7f5f2f8ed196eb0146092c823612ea470
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x29A0F 21836 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0002c56a.bin
41d06f02de86fc1d9faa89e5e059a9ee5d00e9dbe080e029c96bf7f2712bf84c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C56A 11040 bytes
font_05_sfnt_off000874bc.bin
d3a5f8f7e77f2179e3d9de22eb6fe97dde6c839c88b0cec4e8f8558421b15532
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x874BC 31448 bytes
font_06_sfnt_off0008b07c.bin
1f790a732a3813e35b8da56820e578d3f2a766721fa5d0d0b3262974003c626a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B07C 31116 bytes
font_07_sfnt_off0008eb14.bin
18877b68a331a75f014e489bdf48397ae96efe853d0cb0c8bb5dea64bb692f56
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8EB14 51880 bytes
font_08_sfnt_off0009636a.bin
f72bc2daa8844f168524a43b86422c85080804fe3aaae4c540a65f8959ca2c4f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9636A 62384 bytes