Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5dd6c7b6d20cfbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.95 MB Created: 2009-01-35 62:12:26 Authoring application: Adobe
MD5: 13d8d44c1ba13618f9c80a200937fa98 SHA-1: 7954155514a9814a3c1cb5ea4cccd84a691ad001 SHA-256: c5dd6c7b6d20cfbefc6d504ce65b45459caec29d500714787baeee1c3c32ef63
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These vulnerabilities are associated with the execution of embedded JavaScript. The analysis also identified several deobfuscated JavaScript files, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The primary intent appears to be the execution of arbitrary code via these exploits.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0032_000.js
5e8489f9ed0edea808f31c99e4b89079aabf17775f7e51fe88c96f8afb9031e5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x346 270 bytes
javascript_obj0034_001.js
d8a598ef1618bbd806eea33ec134c9e6a3d329fbfbe52c738397ae6185a620f7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0x43A 335 bytes
javascript_obj0036_002.js
70c70685084c98cd26ebdc21726538b53072837fbeb6732471f7f91f63ec5a25
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xBC 230 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
58e428137e7034683c38adcd5e62481706aed675b452db0650e5f8c4ed51d641
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x57A 1640 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
5f585e3d073227f2aaefc706e339dcc1347cd47b1f64f7493c91277251c10f33
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xB13 1806 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
771c5d2a9ff95552bf92388bf715f9acd0f4f8fb6dbae06452a8e11d3cff7bbe
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x108F 2950 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).