Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a3b4c00fd4995d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB Created: 2010-02-11 10:58:54 Authoring application: zt6916f
MD5: 60a1e776247b04aed1ba9811510442db SHA-1: 6811cfaabc87a5601f2e81c9704acf31135b00d2 SHA-256: 9a3b4c00fd4995d43bc363ef0cd09b76b69730db9f62bf01ffba8aa372db6422
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits multiple known vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659) related to the media.newPlayer, Collab.getIcon, and Collab.collectEmailInfo functions. The JavaScript is obfuscated and appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of these specific CVE exploits strongly suggests a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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_obj0028_000.js
6f34646ab6501354a9ed6ff830c65359c73a9720c2afffd0bd430aec9411c3e8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 28 at offset 0x217 932 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
cb6b96d1342e3c8e15cbf8a95b07d87c6e45434b52079e8c90722dec2d072000
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x44B 2627 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).