Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99eae813e95fb91d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

299.2 KB
MD5: b545500c00eefa3ddcd51fb4604219ac SHA-1: 8e509a84bd59dac362ad4c951dcc9362601f989e SHA-256: 99eae813e95fb91d6911a7c95089cd99457cfa3423000cf238f8e919e9b16cf0
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

Multiple critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of known PDF vulnerabilities, specifically CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992, through embedded JavaScript. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by ClamAV detections on extracted artifacts like Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18. The PDF structure and embedded scripts strongly suggest a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

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-36307 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
  • 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
1e3646d756ce616cb449bfa28ec12b02b5a1851678c39a780e1910cf4325795c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 3462 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
246ad6855530491781ecc36ab4d0c361990be8c92375c97e7d1f3d05221e47d8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xFA1 20141 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).