Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c19590faa2f3137f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 2bd2177b5e2d1e9b9886a97267b643e5 SHA-1: b5dea2cefb29410c7fbc3eae7024bd1a370d0d22 SHA-256: c19590faa2f3137f316c486ce0e296a6430276eb482e1d7b4ccaa0410538c0a8
320 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated and designed to exploit multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. The heuristics indicate that the JavaScript is decoded by splitting a numeric array and mapping it through a character table, a common technique for delivering exploits. This process likely leads to the execution of a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of Js.Exploit.HTML-28.

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)
  • ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-28 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-28
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
5a9ec95af3a1c90a97b6d7fd2ac7e947148aa0f47d066818da95f1e7dec9b568
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 11473 bytes
split_char_table_stage_000.js
90f1b6f8b6d7a67f2d9955c8ff0e482bcdbb866297d00f6c17443ffa0d235964
deobfuscated-js split character-table join decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D1 3882 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).