Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d4f460b66a57b4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.0 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)
MD5: 506ae34f063b223473b9deeaf2747bd3 SHA-1: be128d356bf7a9057bd646b2abec5501f0d542f5 SHA-256: 2d4f460b66a57b4f301c4b8ded7f576fe24af4f43aa0ca1e70c4779e11f42d35
298 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-0927 and CVE-2007-5659, both related to JavaScript execution within PDFs. ClamAV detections further confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript, identified as 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

Heuristics 8

  • Collab.getIcon — CVE-2009-0927 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_0927
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.getIcon — CVE-2009-0927 is a stack buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by Collab.getIcon() with a crafted argument. Allows arbitrary code execution. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • 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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931
  • 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.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
6a8f8db135560ffedfc3cc576ef2eaf886e0c2f21f49f9c1072f5f6382f4e01e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1419 849 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
186340241e5fafa3955e017cac362435f981c98eb57e49c76906eb446522d672
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E 5129 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).