Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 658447b122445bfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.2 KB Authoring application: null First seen: 2013-02-22
MD5: a491ae05103849d8797d1fda034e0bd5 SHA-1: 8826a0cea2837941018a43556aff4407d3607f27 SHA-256: 658447b122445bfda88744a0d74b367140e207df5786c23a97153e36072691b7
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that contains embedded JavaScript. Heuristics indicate exploitation of CVE-2009-0927 (Collab.getIcon) and CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) via a JavaScript dispatcher. This JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body appears to be a sales confirmation, which could serve as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 nested-decoder de-obfuscation)
  • 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 nested-decoder de-obfuscation)
  • Pidief-style multi-CVE JavaScript dispatcher critical CVE likely PDF_PIDIEF_MULTI_CVE_DISPATCH
    A single JavaScript body branches on app.viewerVersion and invokes two or more of the canonical Reader sinks (Collab.collectEmailInfo, Collab.getIcon, util.printf with a field-width format string). This is the 2009-2010 Pidief.J multi-exploit landing template: a per-version dispatcher that fires the matching CVE chain for whichever Reader version opens the file.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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.
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://customers.pgp.com/download/lookup?oid=1248198-0f2b1e4cb5db36f055803cb40f5735fe In PDF document text
    • https://support.pgp.comIn PDF document text