Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3814837e5ada358…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.8 KB Created: 2010-07-25 10:32:51
MD5: ce708c29d87dd1486e4142c36509dadf SHA-1: 999d318c14419abc1b15a480da8b42f565db43f8 SHA-256: b3814837e5ada358bd1169a6ed9b819969cd9c8ed266626cca9a145d76a0bd83
328 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious PDF T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file exploits multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. It uses a JavaScript stager embedded within the PDF's metadata to achieve code execution. The primary goal appears to be exploiting these known vulnerabilities to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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)
  • PDF /Producer character-range JavaScript stager high PDF_INFO_PRODUCER_CHAR_RANGE_JS_STAGER
    PDF metadata hides JavaScript in /Producer as character ranges plus a long numeric index table. The document JavaScript rebuilds an alphabet from those ranges, maps the indexes into characters, and evals the recovered exploit stage. The decoder is bounded and only fires when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript.
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
73d341c7753600ccfb3ba15a128e8ef01ba56f17e85943b7ddd5a510b1e85a46
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x2C21 445 bytes
javascript_obj0007_001.js
6092c4908b04b65c8a78b84bde30bd0c5a7ba5d74ea281d4d51f3e02a2d7e8e2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x2C21 98 bytes
producer_char_range_stage_000.js
d49ce511e0d10f52e5988b0f40a2963278877b85617a7745a580ccc51646f7af
deobfuscated-js PDF /Info Producer char-range indexed JavaScript at offset 0x17B 3615 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).