Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c37bd41b96cec05…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

7.4 KB Created: 2009-01-35 62:12:26 Authoring application: Adobe
MD5: de3d2508ed6bd220b4e20c676a7c3582 SHA-1: e19f0a448046d22e17849de8814c0a0a68d42d0e SHA-256: 6c37bd41b96cec05fe71f169667a22f9f30b1a4b0dc46878885cd642bab525e6
410 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF sample contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of known CVEs (CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659) via embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the provided URLs. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 11

  • 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)
  • 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.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL
    Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
  • 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.
  • 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://kozzz.in/1/load.php?spl=pdf_new
    • http://kozzz.in/1/load.php?spl=pdf_pack

Extracted artifacts 8

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0032_000.js
4191a86c397f4cdafad12e6c09b8cec0152120e634234eb8840a8004af16a216
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x42A 135 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0034_001.js
e154993e3c50aef42423c28a726bb3db68882a633761289b58b9824d0894b9ef
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0x4EB 142 bytes
javascript_obj0036_002.js
23dd6d63ebd1309a8db9663cef051cc91508e26c5a1676e9da3b283b1e332d81
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0x10B 163 bytes
javascript_obj0038_003.js
0aad33b77218c0af2a22524a65dcf3a19647c57955d529d5f4a1cdc327f0d39b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 38 at offset 0xC56 182 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0078_004.js
6e729a36313783e7972966c3fb4f2cc521e6c2091377b1cd9f7c3a88265a3002
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 78 at offset 0x7C 49 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
3088d9b77323678b8502bb9bb2b02ef3e188745f549dc90fc0bc7e398b7fe8eb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x5E5 1622 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
18db88491ef923151a51eab64ac2da9b54797279cd262da610d25c71b75cab0d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xD95 1788 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
c5ee9f4fb211241c30adc803c1d072e5075fffac11899f9d736c1176b3b55d03
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x13FB 2914 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).