PDF malware analysis — malicious · 562abc4d51c6b813

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.9 KB Created: 2010-03-02 02:15:38 Authoring application: zw7e7f8

MD5: 89be6701f3f23b97a7fa61b8ca462f11 SHA-1: e1cec94051aabba04a3b5756da45f0d8a7676ab5 SHA-256: 562abc4d51c6b813b6ef7bbace1475367b07a797402b183e0987b14f73c1a349

258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These vulnerabilities are used to execute embedded JavaScript. An extracted JavaScript file, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', was detected by ClamAV as 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18', suggesting it is designed to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The lack of readable document body text prevents a more specific determination of the lure, but the technical indicators strongly suggest a multi-stage exploit.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0028_000.js` `d5b3a9bd3360f899db1362af62a5356b6c934e22db62c6a8db63666a4349abcd`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 28 at offset 0xFF4	339 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `d7cbd936c82bf094a5f7629abff51c33d8f94b8d8d39cc6574517a62edda2a08`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1EC	7095 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 14 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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