PDF malware analysis — malicious · a74845bd835b90db

MALICIOUS

PDF

298.8 KB

MD5: 43bbd3ea846e472b0bb4e9629b2635be SHA-1: adda37e85142c448d3bbca2e0ccbc7c0d8851cd3 SHA-256: a74845bd835b90db3902e6c89d9ee65639048588931b714146c57530725e8a09

318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992 using embedded JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript, specifically the deobfuscated 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. ClamAV detections further confirm the malicious nature of the file and its extracted artifacts.

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)
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `a745c22920d43341d7455c107a354e7af5d597cf71cd2a9fd8c82c818fa20b2f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	3462 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `b0826a4974f99870e1a2ec261f065b7a4f9a7485816618eda8b5875cca9baa45`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xFA1	20111 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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