Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d24ff2dc3145e3f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB Created: 2009-08-28 19:47:40 Authoring application: Eblasha 5.1.9.4 (via PDF Library 9.9.8.6)
MD5: 5bc25725194c54eb11f3033f1ddcad4c SHA-1: 1d9d466d2f3dbcc7929afdce9fd4ffe94cf597cc SHA-256: d24ff2dc3145e3f9c4919198c42463d1533b7746369c8d40ee0ad715f16996bf
304 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. These vulnerabilities are leveraged to execute embedded JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript, identified as 'numeric_charcode_stage_000.js', was detected by ClamAV as 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18', suggesting it is designed to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The presence of multiple exploit indicators and a detected shellcode signature strongly supports a malicious intent.

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 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
  • 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.
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
af05d762374ecd0967088668f36255a83eaa9cb7edcfee8476c29286ee553076
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x37C 16561 bytes
numeric_charcode_stage_000.js
54009d10fb0515ee5ea5bc77efd5e7ddbf80bb5d4fc93baeaa687771d01f2038
deobfuscated-js numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0x3C9 4974 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).