PDF malware analysis — malicious · a296a818eded8cf4

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.6 KB

MD5: ccdbef436ad7ed1d543821faa9673286 SHA-1: 395071f3434be58bd50004b7be3fa54d9af489f5 SHA-256: a296a818eded8cf4a5c8aeab2af852bc61b5e8e4cf8700449b9af94a5d0031e6

258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

This PDF document leverages multiple critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) through embedded JavaScript. The heuristics indicate that the PDF launcher concatenates information fields, extracts characters at a fixed stride, and evaluates the result. An extracted artifact, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, was detected by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18, suggesting it contains shellcode. This points to a multi-stage attack where the PDF acts as a dropper for malicious JavaScript, which in turn likely downloads and executes a further payload.

Heuristics 7

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 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `032d3660d9fce37a68b294665a9f2182e475034b44faec512b7839219436e41b`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2095 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `9aacc9b3c1b0778940731eea31c314ae756decdfc159f1f0c3c7a59bc538c9bf`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xA4A	14757 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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