Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 430e293e0719be6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB Created: 2009-08-23 19:47:07 Authoring application: Elra 2.5.4.3 (via PDF Library 4.8.1.5)
MD5: 2dfd50277d7789e4deeb217504e16269 SHA-1: 953bc7d5a0425114052d693efa096a14d5ad1fd6 SHA-256: 430e293e0719be6aaf37240b30606534fa306f4d260ed8909b371a064fbf088c
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple critical vulnerabilities, including CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The JavaScript is obfuscated and appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The specific vulnerabilities targeted indicate a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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_obj0014_000.js
6ddb678b615a51becd73357b30e8bf3d1b57128b5382ccf36976adee5795145b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 14 at offset 0x398 29205 bytes
numeric_charcode_stage_000.js
61245e86b106c4ae018936485c51ef1bc7acf549d61c8ccdebfcf83009d95d0e
deobfuscated-js numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x44D 6606 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).