Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95d3589f412e2b8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.6 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)
MD5: 27b471f2921d9098cbe929dccea430b5 SHA-1: 9ef4d171ca5e51619c14f476e2d03992898a6b62 SHA-256: 95d3589f412e2b8b0b9b740409bedf95bc0edaccd559b7f30aa1b8b6619e7361
298 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains critical heuristic firings for CVE-2009-0927 and CVE-2007-5659, indicating exploitation of known PDF vulnerabilities. Embedded JavaScript streams were extracted, one of which was deobfuscated and shows signs of malicious intent, including eval() calls. This suggests the file is designed to leverage these exploits to run arbitrary code, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931
  • 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.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0006_000.js
36189a7bbdea63f62759d415631676525cd1fe5d12bec3b09ee1303e728e8ed8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x12B4 863 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
dfcae5998dafbf958142fba9a67d43bffc203d9f32563f20ce33cd244bbb4d09
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E 4735 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).