PDF malware analysis — malicious · a26e868c0713e586

MALICIOUS

PDF

179.8 KB

MD5: 57bd30b6c115d77d8545b389df325d2f SHA-1: 8a72d592bfdca3931477edfbb502cbeab9a45f46 SHA-256: a26e868c0713e5866fdfd1f4c2813ef6cc8b417007bb279271643bb731fd66ea

378 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating the exploitation of several Adobe Reader vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. These exploits are designed to execute embedded JavaScript. The presence of extracted JavaScript files, one of which is significantly large and labeled as 'deobfuscated-js', strongly suggests that the primary function of this PDF is to serve as a dropper for malicious JavaScript code. This JavaScript likely downloads and executes a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detections 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18' and 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307'.

Heuristics 9

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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
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.
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_obj0008_000.js` `45dd9d8cda34753d7682dd439348e52fedfe07b2a82eea185567de9fa363d810`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2572 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `7f78ad49804efaf411f51c8bec5577c2a51978585b588b2897bfd41b0731f80c`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xC27	20075 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `42025b552c7960b53abcd8cd732b01c8d109eccfdfefc352b9826c4d5807d414`	deobfuscated-js	cross-stage annotation API aliases at offset 0x1E7	81 bytes

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