Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 463b1dc4bcd0fc57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

135.1 KB
MD5: 7ebbe0957ebed6c6c623c6d384025aa5 SHA-1: 6e415732502c585f0a28f4e27f115af722a47599 SHA-256: 463b1dc4bcd0fc579512b3c0ef69a8e601fb89e36b1f17c6ee9d080987aee182
258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple known vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-0927 (Collab.getIcon), CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo), and CVE-2008-2992 (util.printf). These exploits are designed to execute arbitrary code. The heuristic firings indicate that the PDF launcher concatenates information fields, extracts characters at a fixed stride, and evaluates the result. An extracted artifact, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, was flagged by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18, suggesting it is a malicious shellcode loader. The script's intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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
9c0a2e9bc8c9fb39532592f02e24f814c85d5868453c62b2aff400d267562e16		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2105 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
ec1ae9941da3ed7276544a499e9151201c3dd94a12eb9234264f7360a46e9d35		 deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xA54 9024 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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