Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92f3b94bcc7c7b0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

250.1 KB
MD5: e48ef375c93cda636d1996aa692781e9 SHA-1: 0fd7a0ede07c41f3b0538f756093ecb4a6025972 SHA-256: 92f3b94bcc7c7b0b20c85ad75e9f99f7a8bfeb7a9297118302a51f15ca4042e8
258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992 through embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript action and embedded JS stream suggest the execution of malicious code. An extracted artifact, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, was flagged by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18, indicating it likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The PDF launcher concatenates info fields and extracts characters at a fixed stride to evaluate the result, a common technique for obfuscating exploit code.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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
b754d1d3e04a7cd4e4bfffb795d24b52f0ddc3afda28f0c5d433c1f4565953e6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 3415 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
b76fddf5486abba5ee5966b3939234932c628394ccea35132aa403b5d8ea765b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xF72 8394 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).