Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 394242eefaa61a00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

180.4 KB
MD5: de7d78d9c96465b807b546c39e0fe103 SHA-1: b7b1ef1699fb4544d2847d82848a50d8c457a4ab SHA-256: 394242eefaa61a0015a8e62332a160267c6d0632f950906a9bdd5c135f3278d9
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

Multiple critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992 within the PDF structure. These exploits leverage embedded JavaScript, as confirmed by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS firings, and the presence of two extracted JavaScript files. The ClamAV detections further support the malicious nature of the file and its extracted components. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36117 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36117
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
3b7efff80eede631bebafb2cd793178de599040ad474e6311bebc97825079cf1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2674 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
14154a5c4fb9060360f4aea5e1504bdc31a77f2622a994f271b8a6b9c1c202d9
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xC8D 20141 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).