PDF malware analysis — malicious · 579957370b5a68b4

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB

MD5: 87351550127407ff0f563ffde266604c SHA-1: f05e629989791fb507c21003d3e1ad5164ae938f SHA-256: 579957370b5a68b4d2b23bc8a78503e1e1a0cdd3b22e87a35065b90b9d8f5bc6

258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992 through embedded and obfuscated JavaScript. The extracted artifact 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' was detected by ClamAV as 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18', suggesting it's a shellcode loader. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, contributing to the malicious verdict.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `033736cda3b1341026e94d9f4ef197403d3f730f1801883d77156977bf086805`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2105 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `2e7bd32e72c324e63b87ea551f664f537af1e257b29b0987d7602aa718606000`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xA54	4578 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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