Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 693ba65eebde94d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

330.1 KB Created: 2008-03-03 17:06:20 +08:00 Authoring application: Advanced PDF Repair: http://www.pdf-repair.com
MD5: 602115de90d72812253ee1e4e3e88bde SHA-1: d9f74a6e01e04af3fd9f53a6a5d491852d7093ef SHA-256: 693ba65eebde94d1112aa54fa14927223d77088eeff7f48c12ffadd35d09ac15
468 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript that exploits known vulnerabilities, specifically CVE-2009-4324 (media.newPlayer) and CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). The JavaScript is designed to execute arbitrary code, indicating a malicious intent to compromise the user's system. The presence of these exploit indicators and the ML classifier's high confidence score strongly suggest this is a malicious document, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 14

  • 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 static 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 static deobfuscation)
  • Hex-obfuscated scripting name object critical PDF_OBFUSCATED_NAME_OBJECT
    A PDF name object that drives script execution (/JavaScript or /JS) is written with #XX hex escapes to hide it from string-based scanners — e.g. /J#61v#61S#63r#69p#74 decoding to /JavaScript. Legitimate PDF producers always write these names literally; hex-encoding an executable name is a deliberate evasion used by exploit-kit and dropper PDFs.
  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.pdf-repair.com
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/Producer(Advanced
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404092506+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093132+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093243+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093525+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093601+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404094947+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404095117+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404092506+08'00')/Title(Microsoft
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093132+08'00')/Title(Microsoft
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093243+08'00')/Title(Microsoft
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093525+08'00')/Title(Microsoft
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093601+08'00')/Title(Microsoft
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404094947+08'00')/Title(Microsoft
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404095117+08'00')/Title(Microsoft
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0054_000.js
2fe85b93fb9b41eb8a33b9e59056e1b5da436c9a40c19deb91141a24d573bd72
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 54 at offset 0x50D8E 18211 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
deobfuscated.js
2f8cd980b8c7bf382af7511b32f69b2c57fc2008473c2ec44bb8f1aa33a26f6c
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 1244801 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_4324-1
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 29 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 4 long base64-like blob(s).