Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db806696b808ae5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.4 KB Created: 2009-01-35 62:12:26 Authoring application: Adobe
MD5: d789419eda22a39cdf5e339d44035431 SHA-1: 7b59f749c991660fec376e958c722c258e33dd95 SHA-256: db806696b808ae5db7e2ce4a24bba766378da2ef4a9df1fb1c1b66f945bff0ee
278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These vulnerabilities are leveraged through embedded and obfuscated JavaScript, including the use of eval() and unescape() functions. The primary intent appears to be the execution of arbitrary code, likely for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. No specific family could be identified.

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)
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 8

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0032_000.js
70b69e31200fefdc68e9c80f2f1b369a4a84210108f4b2e3236982d002ed23cc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x424 133 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0034_001.js
42be62806bcdef3d92a0488ea84f9c4f710f9a9e345ea69311ff4af508b56856
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0x4E3 136 bytes
javascript_obj0036_002.js
a9f5b65c9b45e2754cf7d8fddc2b67cef5df12de029469904aba3d5204c08c7e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0x107 153 bytes
javascript_obj0038_003.js
8ac573a72c4c9ec8de56b760e0975b5d7721fcd5ff30d422bd399b5c887b77c3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 38 at offset 0xC50 174 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0078_004.js
5889c75d8e06f934d9cc930da7053fc773028a453ebea96aafb7c22a266b1815
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 78 at offset 0x7C 45 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
aa904c45c1004b98065fa16086914c167bf92e6c7de6833d568e9c01b9610e41
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x5D8 1634 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
fc52208ac8694ef228d091ab705d065caa6ebc5c5df61f8c192d6811c87517c3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xD89 1800 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
917627222b8bffbabe145970f4d3d1f01827889fff9dfd75bfc80f3645075b11
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x13F5 2938 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).