PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8c88641f76685e34

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB Created: 2010-02-12 06:47:32 Authoring application: a11d1b

MD5: d8d7b2d90948597e8ab611770582e76b SHA-1: c18c576b3b607d96f096c0c2b5d315c188be4abf SHA-256: 8c88641f76685e3431d9dc1e6478a94990b1a616b840c2128a6c14def3e354ef

258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits multiple known vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. The heuristics indicate that the JavaScript is obfuscated and designed to be executed by the PDF reader. An extracted JavaScript artifact, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, was detected by ClamAV with the signature Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18, suggesting it is a known exploit. The overall attack pattern is consistent with a PDF-based exploit kit attempting to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 7

media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324

PDF JavaScript calls media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 is a use-after-free in Adobe Reader's multimedia plugin triggered by media.newPlayer(). Actively exploited as a zero-day in December 2009. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
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)
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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `05c97f786e79551ba4882c6d3cedc9ff053ea153a0d1e2696836124ca90a372d`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2C0	6278 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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