PDF malware analysis — malicious · ca09f160ae25e483

MALICIOUS

PDF

180.3 KB

MD5: b1c5fdecb8abc5f8dd3904915192a695 SHA-1: 27d4b6772705abecce4d8be5eb076c47f6257091 SHA-256: ca09f160ae25e4830e422421943b702a5bbea0f094346e5000c9575b858a3914

318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits known vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) in PDF readers. The heuristics indicate that the PDF launcher concatenates and evaluates JavaScript, which is further supported by the extraction of deobfuscated JavaScript files. ClamAV detections confirm the malicious nature of the file and its extracted artifacts, identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307 and Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0008_000.js` `44f464d736fc6b4a90826cc84c1953038853550f601a07f79d3fd1a99883f53a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7	2572 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `584235708edae8ed6cfc7e0812628d141999006c3dac663c1a76cee648ea45ff`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xC27	20141 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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