Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d4bf4d0991e2db9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3323-01-01 Authoring application: 3220
MD5: 22d78fb95a4bf7a1af9c30ec8b41c19c SHA-1: 052eac77719ce12e2c2a02fdbc332cff93581344 SHA-256: 6d4bf4d0991e2db930d76a59d2ed398e9bc707741b0afa8d8a165e8910bb4d86
648 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits multiple known vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, including CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the URL http://ziro.ax3.net/load.php?stat=Windows, indicating a multi-stage attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 15

  • 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Multi-CVE Adobe Reader JavaScript exploit kit critical PDF_ADOBE_READER_MULTI_CVE_JS_KIT
    One recovered JavaScript stage contains multiple version-gated Adobe Reader exploit branches. This is stronger evidence than independent API keywords: the PDF is selecting old Reader vulnerabilities by viewer version and running heap-sprayed Acrobat JavaScript exploit paths.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • 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)
  • Generic recovered JavaScript exploit stage high PDF_GENERIC_STAGE_RECOVERY
    Bounded static stage recovery exposed hidden JavaScript through generic transforms such as null-byte collapse, percent decoding, marker replacement, arithmetic character codes, fromCharCode, numeric arrays, numeric-array minus-key decoders, alphabet-index arrays, /Producer half-difference metadata arrays, hex literals, marker-stripped Base64 literals, custom 6-bit XOR table decoders, or repeated-marker hex carriers. This rule is emitted only when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript or shellcode markers.
  • 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).
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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 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://ziro.ax3.net/load.php?stat=Windows

Extracted artifacts 12

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
fc2e1ced864b3760e1a18236684b96333972101a0c4dfad90bb201cc6122efb7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).
generic_stage_recovery_000.js
b21810dcfd4d412c7cbe19651ebd1382079898fe2de600a304c48a7db164f0c5
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize from JavaScript object 13 at offset 0x328 4778 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).
generic_stage_recovery_001.js
195dc8a4fa256ae4ef6823f2615c8af953597886394bcf819af23efe97905953
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from JavaScript object 13 at offset 0x328 3920 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_002.js
1f160593939a5ab83b50f89ae26e1093336aece8282f8e9d9ab21163803d694b
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize from combined JavaScript objects at offset 0x9 4789 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).
generic_stage_recovery_003.js
2fbfc3907797f2fd82b74c4c45cdee6d04056a27044585502fd220d75dcfa8ef
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from combined JavaScript objects at offset 0x9 3931 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_004.js
32c93808791b95c07f9757640840dac6c1466a7c046285898fe141c3f271bcda
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from decompressed stream at 0x328 at offset 0x328 3686 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_005.js
6e4d6b7de705a5d3997f8b6668234fdd1cfee9cb30a3345c692dda86a5538385
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize -> percent-decode from JavaScript object 13 at offset 0x328 3900 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_006.js
8eefa48ceef6c77e2415cdd419cff1ce6bd6af6372be172529b44b5ceabf75b5
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode -> percent-decode from JavaScript object 13 at offset 0x328 3916 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_007.js
e362645c419ac19840ffb076074b1c8eed605c0ab0eac44a3ba8ea1545300ff0
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize -> percent-decode from combined JavaScript objects at offset 0x9 3911 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_008.js
00c79f9a8663e01f6c47333dbcab7107d2c77cb117184dad5812e9a9d9a95ffb
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode -> percent-decode from combined JavaScript objects at offset 0x9 3927 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_009.js
1e603e4cc0398b7015487fd435073821f0e23f570fd7e2ef3bbb14add4d21756
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize -> percent-decode -> percent-decode from JavaScript object 13 at offset 0x328 3896 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_010.js
142cdba9f0eb36d137021ac3f0ec80ef98e1ff535c5d16a35789a92ccea03263
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize -> percent-decode -> percent-decode from combined JavaScript objects at offset 0x9 3907 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).