Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7492c5b355cfd144…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.7 KB
MD5: 9d24ef2eb1dacbc7e024d732c98d0006 SHA-1: 0e4981002ca819bbb34d08ef5fb226908dedf6e9 SHA-256: 7492c5b355cfd14408f42ad49d73e7d8fdcb86289c1201435439c4c458f255bd
330 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains JavaScript that exploits multiple known vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) to download a second-stage payload from the provided URLs. The extracted JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but the presence of shellcode download URLs and ClamAV detection of shellcode strongly indicates a malicious downloader. The primary function of the script is to fetch and execute further malicious content.

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://01.arsdh.in/x/l.php?s=printf_xa1&
    • http://01.arsdh.in/x/l.php?s=email_xa1&
    • http://01.arsdh.in/x/l.php?s=gicon_xa1&

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
3dcc89a623b2525417a2d6e4c08a70bb90fc55552a6a4dcce1522752a548cc44
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
a819e9787baa28285c7289911733d5ce9da0b7e07d0e5091fcba83a2dcd3bfb7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x209 135379 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
7ac4b972da4f1805fd446ee821c2edefe466b107b8c30a9595d9e72a58171a5e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xA4A 14775 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).