Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1ccc5f2fed21d8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB
MD5: 089fa23be00df48e88ab246b34084f52 SHA-1: 317dfc72f9bda9b2684c926d3aea5866056b879c SHA-256: d1ccc5f2fed21d8d8d2396ef701d5085aa56d8b45c56141d5b8c1768a84ee68c
418 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes a character-table-based stager to deobfuscate and execute malicious code. This technique is known to exploit several Adobe Reader vulnerabilities, including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992, to achieve arbitrary code execution. The primary goal appears to be the exploitation of these vulnerabilities to deliver a secondary payload.

Heuristics 10

  • 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)
  • 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: Js.Exploit.HTML-29 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-29
  • 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.
  • Character-table JavaScript eval stager high PDF_JS_CHAR_TABLE_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reconstructs an exploit stage by indexing into a small character table, appending hundreds of one-character fragments, joining the array, and evaluating the result. This static fallback fires only after the bounded decoder recovers an exploit-like stage, so it catches this obfuscation even when no single CVE API signature is available.
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
8cfed82efebfe6c875e421555fd96d58ce298fe3ef7c57ccb7b52d9fc2cc8440
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 84798 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-29
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
char_table_stage_000.js
13745971e4aa11c00b75ee8a423b5e4a5bf01049fc3d35c88338665acdf0b0f6
deobfuscated-js char-table indexed JavaScript (PDF /JS object 76) at offset 0x2FB 3858 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).