PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9c5e702956f79f04

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.9 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)

MD5: 8bb0f8114f71eccf7eeef1cbebbd2de7 SHA-1: 5a1a7788c89f99178a9efd640b27986c385c1b10 SHA-256: 9c5e702956f79f0443f8cf4bc33fd88653ed4a6cde795f562ed7d1621d2a057e

358 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits known vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, specifically CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The heuristics indicate that the JavaScript uses eval() and is obfuscated, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of ClamAV detections for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931' and 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18' further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 9

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-35931 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931
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.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `8ce6b2340332e6f61489099af0f710f12f8c04c4ea0e6c21203f8b45398d81ae`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1370	1006 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `f396d541b5623732687dc9e88fb39c633db88c26aa212016115dfdac6262cf96`	deobfuscated-js	metadata placeholder percent-decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E	4953 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).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `60c2878af8af88962cba4167c44ee381ac194acc0693075900a2798fad482e57`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E	4949 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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