Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e22d695baf72fcda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.8 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)
MD5: 0bcfecbe2ef03b2b6d25eb597bfa77bf SHA-1: 64e71d366286f47ed1f7e09da5569830b84a5de6 SHA-256: e22d695baf72fcda86e7f3099fca8af9acacf0380e3dcf2c7d62ceba944d625e
298 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that contains embedded JavaScript. Critical heuristics indicate exploitation of CVE-2009-0927 and CVE-2007-5659, which are known PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript, identified as 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18' detection on an extracted artifact. The PDF itself is flagged as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931' by ClamAV.

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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931
  • 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.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
d0c197f2d83584d37aad119a14f1f6b9b5a225fc3e8467f90c317efc06c2ace2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1350 849 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
f9c3662b518a49bfc26d492c049f224402898fad05a46c4f5c361864903593ed
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E 4931 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).