Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e323a56858fe67f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.2 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)
MD5: d746815e08f6fa67f758b83f2018b5c1 SHA-1: 77a0edea65908a29a35995065321d1865dcb1aae SHA-256: 2e323a56858fe67f33419942d86506ce963b3b703f7c3f5ea4932877697d3e48
298 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits known vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927 and CVE-2007-5659) in Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript is obfuscated and uses eval() to execute, indicating it's designed to download and run a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931' and 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18' further supports this. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristics and extracted artifacts clearly point to an exploit delivery mechanism.

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
92a078d7b522a599165a6fe26b8649c8fc1c06de414b7390ccb4c7ec444a0a4d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1537 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
991dd55e4f3c4dc2ecb7033672ba656cbdf0f285961aa01202c142c9bb5c5952
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E 5435 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).