Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3669039bcf51c7e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: e22db66ac613fdcd3fdcfc7228a0d1ee SHA-1: 73b1e3fdae91db6e6b18d6d88c6dd704c1a45b5a SHA-256: 3669039bcf51c7e6bd4ff984c92e5181a63a344aecafbb8199ffc0d4657c8b6c
280 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/Document: User Execution: Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link/Document: User Execution: Malicious Document

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages CVE-2009-0927 and CVE-2008-2992 vulnerabilities. The 'eval()' function is used on obfuscated JavaScript streams, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The presence of multiple JavaScript-related heuristics and ClamAV detection strongly suggests this PDF is designed to exploit the reader and likely download further malicious content.

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)
  • 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-12288 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-12288
  • OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION
    PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
  • 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_obj0009_000.js
abfe1af256bb9f3c8c693abe853af7b853fd56796224eea239740112a083a4ef
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0xBC 20550 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
1fcf1e8d4bcb1d768496357ba0196f8add483b134577ca38f7b1698798d047a7
deobfuscated-js split-join delimiter stripped JavaScript at offset 0xFC 5625 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).