PDF malware analysis — malicious · 93958c5a5a1cd5aa

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.8 KB Created: 2009-11-23 19:47:81 Authoring application: PDF Library 8.4.5 (via PDF Library 10.9.6)

MD5: 77316b6c49cf59c66356cd4a1e3be557 SHA-1: aef3089f5bd98bc3ec9ea52816a5d83a09bfdc41 SHA-256: 93958c5a5a1cd5aa68b954772e2b7f06871ac3624ef064526829f42bc11770d0

278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits multiple known Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. Static analysis detected these exploits and identified a deobfuscated JavaScript file, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', which likely contains the second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18' further confirms the malicious nature of the extracted script.

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 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.
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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_obj0007_000.js` `9d2817416a851f4576e4a745bb678bf19e8d2f7d0b61729c3cc231d70e20a04b`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x268	37517 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `d12cd9753956010d75fabf21812f9675ee279ddf970410d919eeb40d6bd9f87c`	deobfuscated-js	numeric array subtract-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x268	9874 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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