Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c25341724be18947…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

91.8 KB
MD5: ce9068c08540386746c34c5f7d1e3498 SHA-1: 1c48db3e02acd69a3dcc339889127ee175bb059b SHA-256: c25341724be1894705daa72a058d30f26d5e38e51c85cdad691055c4e65a12b2
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that leverages multiple critical PDF vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) by executing embedded JavaScript. The heuristics indicate that the PDF launcher concatenates info fields, extracts characters at a fixed stride, and evaluates the result. An extracted JavaScript file, 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', was also detected as suspicious. This suggests the file's primary purpose is to exploit these vulnerabilities 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
a45ca1ec0db16af5f1019015de56094e71bfc53b4cbf73a6784937713a54262d
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
cba78a40a0181efc4887489ed4e8b3974a840a6c3ae7467fe549379cd14ed899
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xD0D 6024 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).