Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cd716bead4f2032…

MALICIOUS

PDF

299.2 KB
MD5: f855636439ae030edde1bb7929ee6522 SHA-1: e8c64997fea37872097464b54d3a9b9995b54577 SHA-256: 3cd716bead4f2032e71e9287a3f3770bc29a40ac42ea7360505b7f9f14580d1a
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple known vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) related to JavaScript execution within Adobe Reader. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is used to launch a second-stage exploit, likely delivered via the extracted file 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js'. The primary goal appears to be the execution of arbitrary code through these exploits.

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-36307 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
  • 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
256d1bdee59d6c37d389939ac536d7a70896064fc4f782683b3d4bfb14714847		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 3462 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
17acba2272ce7b0b9a9719fcab9d66d6598c9731b262df84edf897d3a0a07c65		 deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xFA1 20141 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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