PDF malware analysis — malicious · b507a549546a3d4a

MALICIOUS

PDF

299.2 KB

MD5: ecf35837d3a8ca2857feee9e72a68ccc SHA-1: e5fea2811ab345fc6de3f463ffdf93fe739e46fe SHA-256: b507a549546a3d4a08ca3a88603fa0ef6bbce908eefe99577920cba7ea1990aa

318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307). Multiple critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992 through embedded and obfuscated JavaScript. An extracted JavaScript file (legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js) was also flagged by ClamAV (Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18), suggesting it contains shellcode or further malicious functionality. The embedded JavaScript is designed to be executed by the PDF reader, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

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` `e5403c36efe7c15d3a80604c39879eb9d788e08462b740a723c826ea9c975d5b`	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` `7e44fabaf5ad02959bc70676c75af259e827508a818be71c2d64acfd65b4531a`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xFA1	20141 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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