Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39cc8f7a6fe05ba2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB
MD5: 8b7b7c440cdc44b62684d6760ed8ac10 SHA-1: 77f76d4fb5ef2ff9d0715d58d4e02636106a548c SHA-256: 39cc8f7a6fe05ba2d020f43bcbbe5677fbd590e94ae723027f807931bfd23474
278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EVAL, and PDF_UNESCAPE. Critical detections for CVE-2009-0927 and CVE-2007-5659 confirm the exploitation of known vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the 'numeric_charcode_stage_000.js' file, is designed to be executed, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The document body is heavily corrupted, providing no further context.

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)
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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_obj0004_000.js
a9f11751030e14533e294fb6392948c2c3f37718856bf9a0243ecb5b47ef3cdf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 4 at offset 0x249 29657 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
numeric_charcode_stage_000.js
12967459c3f43a15f5431eb4f513776707d0a588760627c8b0075ebc612fd979
deobfuscated-js numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2B2 6677 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).