Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4045e9760ea58c1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.9 KB Created: 2009-01-35 62:12:26 Authoring application: Adobe
MD5: 7e4d522513e220016333c9ea9c4eda75 SHA-1: 0ff7ad01093b2734096da0df56ec34ff449fe5f5 SHA-256: 4045e9760ea58c1a1e3612821cdeb5b0e5ae082bc6f040eecb53cc02c23715b3
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document is malicious, leveraging multiple critical vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These exploits target the PDF reader's JavaScript engine. The analysis identified several embedded and deobfuscated JavaScript files, indicating the likely intent to download and execute a second-stage payload. The specific nature of the payload cannot be determined from the provided evidence.

Heuristics 6

  • media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324
    PDF JavaScript calls media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 is a use-after-free in Adobe Reader's multimedia plugin triggered by media.newPlayer(). Actively exploited as a zero-day in December 2009. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • 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)
  • 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 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0032_000.js
d9f58e3ced3f90e544b54efa9bf23195dca23354140599e33b52f49020858e45
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x2F9 239 bytes
javascript_obj0034_001.js
39512cf50045bdaa453fc5cac5335aaa4c107ea605ea84b74ea4c2a5ad6ab9a2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0x3E3 347 bytes
javascript_obj0036_002.js
7233be58d0c1feab88a0c400709c800e47d659fedaf87f926a4321424f730bdb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xAC 190 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
8eeeea4e231fe3ba8b79434c13d2000ed00c1f5a9b039090f0a07e8f3d940d1b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x515 1651 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
2744ae0eea65d75a9302c7d99ae16814ae90ce5f83379899eaae40106cf446a0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAA5 1803 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
721f67b3bdb69c48ca68104f925923a6e9d73a6161991616a4218a741337c341
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1010 2955 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).