PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3140e5fd660abfad

MALICIOUS

PDF

174.6 KB

MD5: 3cdcc86dab7e9f571a9d5f9c279663ae SHA-1: cf6587f4f58c0f0b5105c4310bd2af753eb03a57 SHA-256: 3140e5fd660abfad896e6e909ad3f5af507ec4b7865a2de08df5a7ffcf6821ec

378 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating the exploitation of several CVEs (CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) through embedded JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', are heavily obfuscated but are identified by ClamAV as malicious exploit code. This suggests the primary intent is to leverage these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, likely for downloading and running a secondary malicious payload.

Heuristics 9

media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324

PDF JavaScript calls media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 is a use-after-free in Adobe Reader's multimedia plugin triggered by media.newPlayer(). Actively exploited as a zero-day in December 2009. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
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-35932 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35932
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.
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `c50c6b329600bfb6842137d9611dd29feea72604456b1bc220d59cc4681113ae`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	3903 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `6b74a3ee8c03fe9dcb920e8519e0e90e72a9881a76923d3a5225ce9eda95d6df`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x115A	8288 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `42025b552c7960b53abcd8cd732b01c8d109eccfdfefc352b9826c4d5807d414`	deobfuscated-js	cross-stage annotation API aliases at offset 0x1E7	81 bytes

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