Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 313ee276baf03913…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.0 KB Created: 2009-09-08 19:44:94 Authoring application: Eblasha 7.7.7.6 (via PDF Library 8.3.2.8)
MD5: 9a8876b18bd298590b820cacc0bc0026 SHA-1: f8e1229d8c29781d269632a58bd4fb18d2279af0 SHA-256: 313ee276baf03913516deb1200001a069256b313f3e9644d90f59387fc023ab6
266 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. These vulnerabilities are leveraged to execute embedded JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript, identified as 'numeric_charcode_stage_000.js', is flagged by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18, suggesting it is responsible for downloading and executing a secondary malicious payload. The PDF's metadata and structure further indicate obfuscated JavaScript execution.

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)
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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_obj0013_000.js
8d312865ee6f219cdd9f40f760573830faebf74e47e206442be8c60f79621bc5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x37C 27106 bytes
numeric_charcode_stage_000.js
237b474f5840a9d30f37e7eaa5e34cd2c3d928e69d4e2fece789c2955c207677
deobfuscated-js numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3C9 8304 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).