Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 310a8e8438a88e50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.5 KB Authoring application: Viraciregavi
MD5: 8326d983fae55eb81da3def0704884eb SHA-1: b575b558f6b0ec1e31ea78e7dad61295bf6dc66d SHA-256: 310a8e8438a88e509e07ccae45f6ca5f75192afcb6407b20f44ab1723c0fd37c
338 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes several known exploits (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) through Acrobat API calls like Collab.getIcon, Collab.collectEmailInfo, and util.printf. The JavaScript is obfuscated using unescape() and eval() functions, and static analysis recovered two JavaScript files. The primary intent appears to be exploiting these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35649'.

Heuristics 9

  • 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)
  • util.printf — CVE-2008-2992 critical CVE exact CVE_2008_2992
    PDF JavaScript calls util.printf() — CVE-2008-2992 is a stack buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long format-specifier argument. Widely exploited in the wild after disclosure. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35649 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35649
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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_obj0007_000.js
b5cc69b6d339fd5f74325fb8aeb7aa711fd390efc04bffb21c36604cdec9b667
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x45A 5799 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
1e0c8ca4c6180400afd62497a161d41969b04e1091a2d4ffa9764c7f00cf51a1
deobfuscated-js string-concatenation normalized Acrobat API aliases at offset 0x45A 851 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).