Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b499d0136be32532…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.8 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)
MD5: 2c5078d83f75cb924c1ceb2a4e27a94d SHA-1: 0b4e83ce1e4898ca5a11dc0fda16917589479e28 SHA-256: b499d0136be32532eb52fc5e592cdfe4e6abd178fb2bed062c7629382f0a07fa
240 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-0927 (Collab.getIcon) and CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. The JavaScript is obfuscated and uses eval() to execute, indicating it's designed to download and run a second-stage payload. The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931.

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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931
  • 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
7c548839aeb90ff5a3a8c2f44dcc1ec4d2b61d1162129a296eb89b88004454b7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x139D 873 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
4d940f18f823da243603598a2a835be0b5ee81d8679512abeb51bda4074ac78c
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E 4985 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).