PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8d4b39bc45fdfada

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.9 KB

MD5: b296cf5636588066e59ed2f1e5d8c4e2 SHA-1: 0828305529bf37d7936c056b401fe83191e192cf SHA-256: 8d4b39bc45fdfada59311373dad7662d0c3f87483549b4f014fc521d539aec78

318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The sample is a PDF file that leverages multiple critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) by executing embedded JavaScript. This JavaScript is further obfuscated and detected by ClamAV as a trojan agent and exploit shellcode. The primary intent appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detections on extracted artifacts.

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-36169 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `0e05598547a8c7d0af1e6c32554cb226bb9b553dcc99b19057098fc776b8f6d0`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	1903 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `3d4c5795b099de128f067d412ae3dd764d5c6f507a90c5bfae95ae1e60a39ecd`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x98A	8412 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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