PDF malware analysis — malicious · e2521b259010523e

MALICIOUS

PDF

25.3 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00

MD5: 7aabcbfa3e51b0ddd78cc9e94aca77d4 SHA-1: ee034c1a87592d62595a7fa76635524d960dcd12 SHA-256: e2521b259010523eee83d551e128f224b795aabd849665c8e687058da6d47f0b

356 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

This PDF document exploits multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The exploitation is achieved through JavaScript embedded within the PDF's metadata, which is obfuscated using arithmetic operations and String.fromCharCode. This stager downloads and executes a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 9

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 metadata arithmetic JavaScript stager high PDF_INFO_ARITHMETIC_JS_STAGER

PDF metadata hides JavaScript as arithmetic character-code tokens inside document information fields, then a launcher rebuilds it with String.fromCharCode and eval. The decoder is gated on metadata access from the launcher, a large arithmetic token table, and recovered exploit-like JavaScript.
Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
String.fromCharCode medium PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically
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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0001_000.js` `04b8bdad70529b6e0f1296b7fb433f78b1987f3d1e22e28c06141089d322ff91`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x6331	297 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`info_arithmetic_stage_000.js` `6fa1ac7a7576764a962e2fb519545604fcc0ea612fef7bdb112a4d05f743f8e6`	deobfuscated-js	PDF /Info Producer arithmetic JavaScript at offset 0x23	3696 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).

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