Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e59e95b625ee42a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.2 KB Created: 2009-01-35 62:12:26 Authoring application: Adobe
MD5: f0ca7b88ef268d52f669f944f8859c8a SHA-1: f76ef222007ef7953802b5f769f789d44cb50dfa SHA-256: 9e59e95b625ee42affd12aa8af001bd110299f8bdc4e47778e5c850c7e731432
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These vulnerabilities are leveraged through embedded JavaScript, which is likely used to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this analysis. The exact nature of the payload cannot be determined from the provided evidence.

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 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0032_000.js
ea06e47d21064659b16c64d28c5f0ec7ec362c17bc32c01fb9d77c5ffe3d253e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x356 274 bytes
javascript_obj0034_001.js
217ef6226aed2032c49549be008c042709e1a22cad616ad21f5ad6af5fcc86e4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0x44E 375 bytes
javascript_obj0036_002.js
0d0714f4bd3368097d028889aec12521a1fe6735e2c37c77120a4b5269adb751
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xBC 254 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
de0a84f644c282c4c2e84ff204cd581c0f7ea198155403bb40e5214bda4001a7
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x597 1676 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
89747115a0c2859a29790bcc1302f256940ebf818804d9c0d37ad82490c82a9f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xB43 1842 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
959242c5d95abe63ae41f9ae34e2f25098d08c0d6eeafb64d65e7ecf1f3305f3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x10D4 3022 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).