Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c689dcbb22b83ef0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.1 KB
MD5: 2355666ce1eaad7307466639bb8d565a SHA-1: 452a00d8bb3811a2df50b6d3d25ee917ec3360a2 SHA-256: c689dcbb22b83ef033ce3b52ae35302287aeb0edca866624ad442fa8765e3ca3
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) to achieve code execution. The deobfuscated JavaScript, named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', likely serves as a loader for further malicious activity. ClamAV detections on both the PDF and extracted artifacts confirm its malicious nature.

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
c5b597b7595506225421e3fd133e3624af3740f5dd41da75642dae2971ca9178
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 3243 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
03370b526bbe7759b836e8fb55140772b100fb755e9a2d23c852d53bd71fcd51
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xEC6 6054 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).