Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 352330b27ee8fac7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB Created: 2009-01-35 62:12:26 Authoring application: Adobe
MD5: 89d66ca973b0f0689128551c46afd746 SHA-1: 461ad1ccb83960dffc95b2ec7c2dfdaf978b6a82 SHA-256: 352330b27ee8fac7ccfb3acd16c1e6716d29277d365ca7dd16c86b69c2edc970
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE_2009_0927, and CVE_2007_5659. These vulnerabilities are leveraged through embedded JavaScript, which is further indicated by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics. The extracted JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js', suggest the execution of code that likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The file's metadata indicates it was authored by Adobe, but the content is heavily obfuscated and likely malicious.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0032_000.js
aae5a9719ca8bdd358c066446871ea5d86cbf8ebeeb2632241fc81065cf3c39a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x380 312 bytes
javascript_obj0034_001.js
0aeb957a376fdb3b10df65e91c5b3bae8020048e61e7e63b4934ed745492ab9a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0x48F 501 bytes
javascript_obj0036_002.js
b6e71bbb36a43a7d72a3f820b4ed8da85ed16fb398403ad53ca4b562b00228b5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0x7C 326 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
1bffff4fdcf3e06591fc481eda0067f58a266bad55926cd9b4fc0643cd975eb8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x5F3 1664 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
60a3ebcd330ed8e2e496a7c053d2ed5fb26c06a0ce51b78fedff3e5aa602cb92
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xC0D 1824 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
91c592eac316060c3af708dc7600760eefdd7b522dde044befeb0ff79ff45af1
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x11F9 2986 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).