Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf2771349081f79e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

325.2 KB
MD5: f623ba57f5f32a0fb5f243df46b9ba90 SHA-1: e980d570171eff3abb4b8e3729fac80888db7a58 SHA-256: bf2771349081f79e29bbfb8e71ee66130264f7f99d33ac82765c31f1a7c85972
258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link 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 through embedded JavaScript. The embedded JavaScript stream and deobfuscated JS artifact, detected by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18, suggest the script's purpose is to download and execute a secondary payload. The document body content is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear user-facing text, but the technical indicators strongly point to a malicious exploit delivery mechanism.

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)
  • 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 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
dc559e28131205c28602d00e62f9e045812f0f8c6d0f1e64ce0307c25e325a39
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 3766 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
634a21133dde5465cdb0ac6447a4c4edc052bb5a811060f506835f0888b1b38a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x10D1 10946 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).