PDF malware analysis — malicious · 52ab678868f8d284

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.0 KB

MD5: 287cf06d52b389344d23a222715eccb6 SHA-1: a82eea477324f129081af22b4f85d1f261e64f96 SHA-256: 52ab678868f8d284ae5a469f89dd7f10a9993d689185f050ce4e2b476cfd6ba4

358 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

Multiple critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of several CVEs (CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) within the PDF structure. These vulnerabilities are leveraged to execute obfuscated JavaScript, which is further processed by an eval() call. An extracted artifact, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', was flagged by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35646', suggesting it's part of a known exploit chain. The script's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the exploit signatures.

Heuristics 9

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)
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.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `4e5676b01532346b3b2e1a17dc81d1066565c71b26f34c30ad2ea3bd28a9689a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xDB	34760 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `4ce2e2aae3357575350e5c62805c7b4b24d34243b09813215d1a0ecd4d85df5a`	deobfuscated-js	split-join delimiter stripped JavaScript at offset 0x111	7496 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35646 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 13 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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