Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce599d92620d2cc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

174.6 KB
MD5: b93f434cb8b055dae00aaa9765075162 SHA-1: a186326e535e6c861ea4502cebdf4346dbcf8e00 SHA-256: ce599d92620d2cc6f038ea9889a4c029ed0dfb548dc1da1be12c8e4db9bb5182
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple critical CVE vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) related to PDF object handling. The heuristics indicate that the JavaScript is obfuscated and designed to be evaluated by the PDF launcher. ClamAV detections further confirm the malicious nature, identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35932 and related extracted artifacts as Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18. The likely intent is to download and execute 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-35932 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35932
  • 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
75e7c4c6f1bdb8fd57ced79141c2d476cba7017cf9f39f6169f13de73e6d11f7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 3903 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
cc2c9919f727926d54de2e82846e64cf781fb004557fa11f30f1cd61fe1d7e94
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x115A 8288 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).