Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fdad95792b67bb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2009-11-16 19:41:86 Authoring application: PDF Library 6.9.9 (via PDF Library 10.2.10)
MD5: 078bce3cfff9e3313df1db54baba0d11 SHA-1: 9ec2c984ba5373aa5f8a35274531039af804ef14 SHA-256: 3fdad95792b67bb7dc956585a7efb3caeeaeed39a043a47ee94c4ba5e2827a72
338 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file is malicious, exploiting CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992 through embedded JavaScript. The analysis indicates that the JavaScript is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as evidenced by the ClamAV detection of 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18' on an extracted artifact. The exploit leverages specific Acrobat JavaScript API sinks to achieve its objective.

Heuristics 9

  • 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-36110 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36110
  • 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.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
f0387440bada7408acbf0bbf0deb4f20529c0b4e222f84ca2714c2d0268f4c15
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 37971 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
2a1cff06f8a0834ab9ec0cb0b7055328d5f31fe6b9560599fda9ec49907b74ff
deobfuscated-js numeric array subtract-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1A5 9802 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).