Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95a0d278439d7b0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

180.2 KB
MD5: fdab85331e0dc9ef90dc0762d5ac13ca SHA-1: 34765fbc8b4c45552821dffec15238eb1c0c9ae0 SHA-256: 95a0d278439d7b0fb817451e3410c89eb170723cd8d554bab8711cd881414001
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file is malicious, as indicated by multiple critical heuristic firings related to known PDF exploits (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992). These exploits leverage embedded JavaScript to achieve code execution. The presence of extracted JavaScript files, one of which is significantly larger and labeled as deobfuscated, strongly suggests that the embedded script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. ClamAV detections on both the original PDF and extracted artifacts further confirm its malicious nature.

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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36117 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36117
  • 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
b4f49c59d736c5e70311681f3330a29c5bf1a2671f74161e1fd21cdeb07b762e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2674 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
cea1a2f37daee7ddd70f1a531e47b853422696541a03a92c8833dca13baee252
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xC8D 20111 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).