PDF malware analysis — malicious · 99d746ca446e22e3

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.0 KB Created: 2009-11-11 19:44:06 Authoring application: PDF Library 2.10.1 (via PDF Library 2.3.9)

MD5: 36f3f52bf71872d06f6c263d0e0f199f SHA-1: 08ca2fb29c4911c1cf567a87a8555edae2f9c4a4 SHA-256: 99d746ca446e22e3b55e1e3b0d44f76b83c479381378ef99d8f9d886b93914c6

278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF document exploits multiple known vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, including CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992, by leveraging embedded JavaScript. The heuristics indicate that the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely decodes to a malicious payload. An extracted artifact, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', was detected by ClamAV as 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18', further confirming its malicious nature. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting these vulnerabilities to achieve arbitrary code execution, likely for downloading and executing a secondary stage.

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` `a916a5e4a7ccac738ef47d668484066fb4b723921647f431b741fa3f53c4da2e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x268	37535 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `60458b8c7f3389f67f8f1ee7fd7750cfcb985cf521dfb9c5106d162dab72c403`	deobfuscated-js	numeric array subtract-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x268	9868 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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