Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d413f305ce354ae4…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

4.9 KB Created: 2010-03-06 05:54:43 Authoring application: zw1bcc2
MD5: d7b029d4bde62e2072cb08cc12984052 SHA-1: 31c7b2c67cc15dd82f32c83430bd944c61875ad7 SHA-256: d413f305ce354ae42dfd854f10097e4b4de93a5f64af2c71fb4bb73f800dcdd4
258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659 through embedded JavaScript. An extracted artifact, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, was detected by ClamAV as Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18. This suggests the primary function of the PDF is to leverage these vulnerabilities to execute malicious JavaScript, which in turn likely downloads and executes a further payload.

Heuristics 7

  • 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)
  • 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_obj0028_000.js
bd785ef7652b2451f568904f46c9be6b0de9c489026080b12dec630f28aeba3a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 28 at offset 0x1004 307 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
2dc32431e65c682c52d2e067a23b236ff7617482e619617ac184b8fdfac01f1f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1EC 7229 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).