PDF / .SWA malware analysis — malicious · 9b9daea4ee64d44e

MALICIOUS

PDF / .SWA

6.5 KB

MD5: 5ca9e3daa88be3def378b43f9639a2b5 SHA-1: a24ff9d250f323f776297fd751b5bcd75a1c8515 SHA-256: 9b9daea4ee64d44e7726a339270661fb2fb4d99b0aeb2e3208856b07ec2786c1

266 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These vulnerabilities are used to execute obfuscated JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript streams, identified as 'javascript_obj0039_000.js' and deobfuscated versions 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18'.

Heuristics 8

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)
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0039_000.js` `2acba6a0aea61386aa41c36dc323dbe9f53f0d73fc24642571ebd01997ba6128`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 39 at offset 0x16F	23641 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `457f8cc02f68e0d08b6fdee2fae5ac8f947fbeccd971d0a31bd950c1d4ceac16`	deobfuscated-js	numeric array XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16F	5434 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `89b4d49bafe39d47de6152008c35eb74314085c58f83920f5383ca770f0c57b7`	deobfuscated-js	numPages XOR decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1AF	5434 bytes

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