Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51d831204dd2fccf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

19.8 KB Created: 2010-01-01 07:27:45 Authoring application: Fexaxououazobb
MD5: 96a0053a4ff461f6ad37e6300b3e5bdd SHA-1: a2d20e92902f196e2fd35610085dbe8a063b84af SHA-256: 51d831204dd2fccf9149cebaea7a50206baea0a4b0cfbd5dbe1e01c5e9b20f83
258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF sample contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These vulnerabilities are leveraged to execute embedded JavaScript. An extracted artifact was detected by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18, confirming malicious JavaScript content. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 7

  • 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)
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
ce707d1444f6fe7a91f67a713ca77bbf1e376d485ca26af555079088467f50ca
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0x4EF 1086 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 8 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0028_001.js
435e6b318ca3f42c8dc3b90bc6144aac4b3d2304026dbc8d98c8ef48a95a4e59
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 28 at offset 0x1B9 1639 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
6197e44a298c8497e8ea3784a95fae20c8a66e2a86c35cba44a60c98dbbde531
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x74F 36312 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 68 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).