Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a196748ce1d74b0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: e625d6fc8e984cec945f6046f7876d7c SHA-1: 7ea9b9f7ecc068bf36b67471336e4d1c8f76b4d7 SHA-256: a196748ce1d74b0f1ce46e277510aa610896c320281921282ae943c6f6855ba4
320 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1204.001 Malicious File Execution: User Execution T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits multiple known Adobe Reader vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The deobfuscated JavaScript likely serves as a loader to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. ClamAV also identified the file as Js.Exploit.HTML-28.

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)
  • 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: Js.Exploit.HTML-28 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-28
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
7f214f75f5dff6e25c92c2e8bb1fcf83f64544d829765230eefd30eedae8a108
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 11753 bytes
split_char_table_stage_000.js
8d2f39bfde57b19cfd9ce70b866af054547abbfd5cb0068566e5f7b2ff105a0f
deobfuscated-js split character-table join decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D1 3864 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).