Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8995f951f97ccab9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2012-10-02 16:53:23 +04:00 Authoring application: pteckk (via miumjmz)
MD5: e5d68a4aa3acd7a202b28c1d9ef792af SHA-1: c6ead192e9e54ec29162abb11155a32d71caa9dc SHA-256: 8995f951f97ccab9eb870c34bd74663a01af62ef11542185d18f1e852adf52b8
292 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2007-5659 vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This JavaScript is designed to download and execute a payload from the URL http://lang.cheapusedcardetroit.com/7v0ojqgsdrzvra/argelazy.php. The use of unescape() and obfuscated JavaScript indicates a malicious intent to bypass detection and execute arbitrary code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 10

  • 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.
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • AcroForm marker-unescape JavaScript stager high PDF_ACROFORM_MARKER_UNESCAPE_JS_STAGER
    PDF OpenAction JavaScript reads an AcroForm field value, rewrites a long marker token back to percent escapes, then unescape/eval executes the recovered exploit stage.
  • PDF exploit shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL
    Decoded PDF exploit shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL — stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes, or hex-encoded in a document metadata field (/CreationDate, /Title) and referenced from the decoded script. 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.
  • PDF paints image(s) but contains no text operators info PDF_IMAGE_ONLY_LURE
    PDF has 1 image XObject(s) and the content stream contains no text-emitting operators (BT/ET, Tj, TJ, ', ") in either raw bytes or decompressed streams — this is the screenshot-as-PDF pattern used to bypass text-based scanners and to deliver instructions purely through rendered pixels. It is informational unless paired with invisible links or risky URI context.
  • 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://lang.cheapusedcardetroit.com/7v0ojqgsdrzvra/argelazy.php
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
acroform_marker_stage_000.js
c0a3d9a973dd06920d5f50f7b2fd593138df3904e220c47b22940127db92c7b5
deobfuscated-js AcroForm field Text3 marker-unescape JavaScript at offset 0x416 3804 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0106_000.js
bfe5ff583190a8552a4c7b734f4a663b181b37ba11113df03b8b86ff9dda526b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 106 at offset 0x10FEC 203 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0106_001.js
b0f12f54b2ba9482f11fbee7f62390204089d59cbc0f8c8fed68ba8e81e14698
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 106 at offset 0x1100D 364 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).