Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d667c300d19e398e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB Created: 2010-07-25 10:32:51
MD5: af985b2c5f6debd3c6595b37492a5a0a SHA-1: 5a35a2b3c7ec17d521335b8e0f00e8e62baf92f7 SHA-256: d667c300d19e398eb8013a997245519143a3c333c203be7c20e6a573519d7547
328 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

This PDF exploits multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The exploit is delivered via JavaScript embedded within the PDF's metadata, specifically using a character-range stager to deobfuscate and execute the exploit stage. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

  • 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)
  • PDF /Producer character-range JavaScript stager high PDF_INFO_PRODUCER_CHAR_RANGE_JS_STAGER
    PDF metadata hides JavaScript in /Producer as character ranges plus a long numeric index table. The document JavaScript rebuilds an alphabet from those ranges, maps the indexes into characters, and evals the recovered exploit stage. The decoder is bounded and only fires when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript.
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
9bdbc66c0258606507e2e5c8e8b955255ab99b3b34589ec1b5c2cf246f4c1327
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x2C9C 483 bytes
javascript_obj0007_001.js
a0c38cb295997d8e439e704e1ebf1bb6ccf73b2b1a46b82bb5956f3dbbc3add8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x2C9C 139 bytes
producer_char_range_stage_000.js
926b660c14e86dfb8a98e7dc0bf3efa2b31b93bd1d5106a2031b6c4a264ff3da
deobfuscated-js PDF /Info Producer char-range indexed JavaScript at offset 0x17B 3656 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).