Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bbea7b41a3e760f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB
MD5: 847667a41760f795cd3d9bff50345083 SHA-1: 3e41dad887e26656b82137234de3dc406201969d SHA-256: 7bbea7b41a3e760f8facf0a5bee9fec3a1f489339ed084c538fd46f9bc03dce7
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992 through embedded JavaScript. ClamAV detections on both the original PDF and an extracted JavaScript artifact (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js) further confirm its malicious nature, identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36170 and Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detections on extracted files.

Heuristics 8

  • 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: Win.Trojan.Agent-36170 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36170
  • 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.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
3b49099dd314627ba49a89c74de323d1036a6209de598ee53107b1b846f7a842
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 1667 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36170
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
b3946b2ddc63088c6f3dd2475defc6cbc67da06b3edc138ef80f0c2c1cfe81dc
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x89E 4596 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).