PDF malware analysis — malicious · 98f6ac988682966c

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: ae6da65df93867441fb1e39d07a63306 SHA-1: 27b4e983fd5e8e670e748a964db86c614c6212ed SHA-256: 98f6ac988682966c4c76aae1eb69eb032737ff5534df3ac598eb045b7d094475

378 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file exploits several known Adobe Reader vulnerabilities through embedded and deobfuscated JavaScript. The primary mechanism involves exploiting CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992 by decoding and executing a complex JavaScript payload. This payload is designed to leverage these exploits, likely to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, as indicated by ClamAV detections of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36806' and 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36837'.

Heuristics 9

media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324

PDF JavaScript calls media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 is a use-after-free in Adobe Reader's multimedia plugin triggered by media.newPlayer(). Actively exploited as a zero-day in December 2009. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
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-36806 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36806
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_obj0076_000.js` `825b23681b29d392ddb2fd69ccd54fc92aba23cb403ee99afc843facb681006e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2	11399 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36837 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
`split_char_table_stage_000.js` `43309c994635074ec6d6bbbcd5cb944d5d3d19f7dd1d34f22064be91d13a99fd`	deobfuscated-js	split character-table join decoded JavaScript at offset 0x392	3882 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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