Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 712ce6d2f17e04d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.0 KB
MD5: bc3a556f84f9b199f95e074ddec35959 SHA-1: 793d221223f48723d6faa0b9dbaa8b78f13929ca SHA-256: 712ce6d2f17e04d1065dd37e83015088bd7e689c0c5ce012774cc3120273447b
330 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF leverages multiple critical vulnerabilities related to JavaScript execution within Adobe Reader, specifically targeting CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The embedded JavaScript is designed to download a second-stage payload from the provided URLs. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the extracted shellcode confirms the download functionality.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • 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://intsd.in/x/l.php?s=printf_iex&
    • http://intsd.in/x/l.php?s=email_iex&
    • http://intsd.in/x/l.php?s=gicon_iex&

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
e50a09703c72acdc3a054c779fe823f91e6d2f4260551dad8fac228bc0c0c0d7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2095 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0008_001.js
234d0871a6dd521a5e8c8fa9583fa96be43ce9705ccdeec87f84f3d9243d75a2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x209 126465 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
fca403331ba65278574d7b96d5df28251b846ea2cb73631714b41c4f4552af57
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xA4A 7291 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
215f9e0483bc2eb51810c398d5da7873a9e7f4fdd3e5e24712f431769f7a631e
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0xA4A 13791 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).