PDF malware analysis — malicious · df25ed6568702dad

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB Created: 2009-12-15 19:49:15 Authoring application: PDF Library 10.7.7 (via PDF Library 9.5.2)

MD5: b307615a739884f99fb8e84b635dea20 SHA-1: 674774237fc110e8938df4ea1562d283cf5aa626 SHA-256: df25ed6568702dadd737a494237529b8bcf269c25479a805a19366c5670118cf

278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of Adobe Reader vulnerabilities CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. These exploits are designed to execute a deobfuscated JavaScript payload, identified as 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', which was further flagged by ClamAV as 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18'. The script's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload, leveraging the identified CVEs to bypass security measures.

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.
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `b7aca9578e16d19b3e2e1f9274fd32e9794befd83196b1c7c70cc2583e062923`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x268	38167 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `751075e89ba433f6507323d72c2608124fd15837fe1ac0d6694e71246b67e043`	deobfuscated-js	numeric array subtract-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x268	9868 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).

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