Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bda3dc02e9900f6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

92.1 KB
MD5: 161de8638f645096fc24429f99ad3dc0 SHA-1: 74adb91377075fc19643b4031f3c2d5c5236077f SHA-256: bda3dc02e9900f6fb894d487644826545022dbe31f5b65fd0ac28876bf87eef3
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple critical vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. These vulnerabilities are exploited through the PDF launcher's ability to concatenate and evaluate JavaScript. An extracted and deobfuscated JavaScript file, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', was also detected, indicating a multi-stage attack. The primary intent appears to be the execution of malicious code, likely a downloader for further payloads.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
3261f95f7df8b86cdb31573a886b1504566c5ad8fd3d3f5fbaeaa885a1541921
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2802 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
d8c827a790e70dcfe72d139a5b944d8f1b30d6a0881fc057dffe561ccbd48b14
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xD0D 6042 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).