Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 174a02a1f06e92f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.6 KB
MD5: d07e82c3b0a02340a53d397371d07884 SHA-1: 42892c465e606f04aabceda8d0c6897e98cee67e SHA-256: 174a02a1f06e92f5791f6019a7c4e874e2fadf9c2c5c02587eb9ef42367373fd
538 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of Adobe Reader vulnerabilities CVE-2009-3459 and CVE-2007-5659. Embedded JavaScript is used to decode and execute a payload, which includes a URL for downloading a second-stage payload. The script attempts to download content from http://google.analytics.com.iizygfqvrcz.info/kavs/kav6%20.asp/eHff5b5da0V0100f070006Rbb460211102Tb4cba781201l0409K4a753a34.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 15

  • Adobe Reader U3D auto-activated 3D annotation — CVE-2009-3459 critical CVE likely CVE_2009_3459_U3D_AUTOACTIVATE
    PDF contains a /Subtype /3D annotation that is configured to auto-activate on page view (/3DA <</A /PV /AIS /I>>) alongside a /U3D stream and JavaScript. This is the document shape used by CVE-2009-3459 (Adobe Reader U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration heap overflow, APSB09-15): the U3D parser runs without any user interaction once the page is rendered, while the accompanying JavaScript prepares a heap-spray to land controlled memory inside the corrupted allocation.
  • Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • Adobe Reader U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration exploit critical CVE likely CVE_2009_3953
    PDF combines malformed U3D 3D content with JavaScript/action activation. CVE-2009-3953 is an Adobe Reader/Acrobat U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration array-boundary vulnerability triggered by malformed U3D data in a PDF.
  • U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED
    PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
  • Adobe Reader APSB09-15 patch-range version gate (CVE-2009-3459) high CVE likely PDF_JS_ADOBE_APSB09_15_PATCH_GATE
    PDF JavaScript gates the exploit payload on an Adobe Reader version range that exactly matches the APSB09-15 patch boundary (< 9.2, < 8.1.7, < 7.1.4). That boundary fingerprints the CVE-2009-2990 / CVE-2009-3459 U3D parser vulnerabilities — no benign script tests all three Reader version-points together.
  • Adobe Reader APSB08-13 patch-range version gate (CVE-2007-5659) high CVE likely PDF_JS_ADOBE_APSB08_13_PATCH_GATE
    PDF JavaScript gates the exploit payload on (>= 8 && < 8.1.1) OR (< 7.1) — the Reader 7.0.x / 8.0–8.1.1 window patched by Adobe APSB08-13 for the CVE-2007-5659 Collab.collectEmailInfo buffer overflow. Only kits that target that exact bug check both of those patch points; benign scripts do not.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
  • Generic recovered JavaScript exploit stage high PDF_GENERIC_STAGE_RECOVERY
    Bounded static stage recovery exposed hidden JavaScript through generic transforms such as null-byte collapse, percent decoding, marker replacement, arithmetic character codes, fromCharCode, numeric arrays, numeric-array minus-key decoders, alphabet-index arrays, /Producer half-difference metadata arrays, hex literals, marker-stripped Base64 literals, custom 6-bit XOR table decoders, or repeated-marker hex carriers. This rule is emitted only when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript or shellcode markers.
  • Annotation subject callee-key hex JavaScript stager high PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript uses syncAnnotScan()/getAnnots() to read an indirect annotation /Subject stream, percent-decodes it through marker replacement, then uses a callee.toString()-derived key to decode and eval the final exploit stage.
  • PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL
    Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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://google.analytics.com.iizygfqvrcz.info/kavs/kav6%20.asp/eHff5b5da0V0100f070006Rbb460211102Tb4cba781201l0409K4a753a34

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A4 273 bytes
generic_stage_recovery_000.js
41323bb0bc5d6e8e4f59ad32a6e5f405b8b479252ecf9b61a0159542b2003e8e		 deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize from JavaScript object 7 at offset 0x1A4 263 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
5c57e7b197c2faf5ad93a98075799710a3d7c3845558d1d6be6fdbd455fe9cf0		 deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x151 5418 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
1e177fd0cde9f4dfcfbad513f61fa06cb5f91603e0bfdb2a1f6333dd247949a6		 deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2DD 12788 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
deobfuscated.js
9aeec19dc266676f28b04f192e32549a589fc7e7942afa61782375eeb28f6d59		 deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 266131 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
u3d_00_off000031fa.bin
db166b7bf539ceb527a321927dc7262838bbe91b146a4aa26884d46ee5696f20		 pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x31FA 27443 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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