Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5eda55f3faab7b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.8 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)
MD5: ffe75f0aff3f2e94bec5495c7d56c98a SHA-1: e8b752d7cf027fca8dfa6f00e6f51365daed317e SHA-256: a5eda55f3faab7b4a19e8a22e356bb288f3523ebbe0c4b72b615d5639976caa7
298 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

This PDF document exploits known vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927 and CVE-2007-5659) to run embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be a downloader for a second-stage payload, as indicated by ClamAV detections on extracted artifacts. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of exploit code and the nature of the extracted JavaScript strongly suggest malicious intent.

Heuristics 8

  • 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)
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
7bc9418f645824fbc3675e50abbb9a0c2988d1010bfe8f9443e7f369f3b94bfe
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x133D 863 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
424d35e4568ae774b2babe47c7bfd8f9c45505a201a8b0f740aa3a13ad81cd23
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E 4879 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).