Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3b8e1c551a2e5d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

325.2 KB
MD5: 14e89c9b60b6b01f3ee926d546fa864c SHA-1: f3957e3da3a3b8111141b8cfac580c1280c5f54f SHA-256: d3b8e1c551a2e5d29acf4455387fd28de704c24e15f3c7d579e66dcface7c68e
258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits multiple known vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The heuristics indicate that the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely used to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18' on an extracted artifact. The attack pattern involves leveraging these vulnerabilities to achieve code execution.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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
7fe21b3873e8b765ac2928195ec44d5af03b70f9c9a00d3f0fb5c33e62a9b97c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 3766 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
5d7d2daf0b8fe4d4c5154e6b86a2bc334af9314603cbb68e31b5931bacfa1c36
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x10D1 10946 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).