Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3967a65de60bb69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.4 KB Authoring application: Viraciregavi
MD5: 7e7d37f2cf208be02dcf927729997772 SHA-1: 11d5d9e5950a87ff5e2a25cba76770d090306eb5 SHA-256: e3967a65de60bb69b2fa06d3a2e16d7f5e1d9374610167b6cf2abc452fe607b6
338 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes multiple known exploit techniques, specifically targeting CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992 through Acrobat API calls like Collab.getIcon, Collab.collectEmailInfo, and util.printf. The presence of eval() and unescape() functions, along with obfuscated JavaScript streams, indicates an attempt to hide malicious code execution. This suggests the file is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35649'.

Heuristics 9

  • 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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35649 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35649
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
c7873e9f43eb322155f36b85feb9f5975e21e86c76c183c571007aeaa75c769c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x45A 5721 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
1e0c8ca4c6180400afd62497a161d41969b04e1091a2d4ffa9764c7f00cf51a1
deobfuscated-js string-concatenation normalized Acrobat API aliases at offset 0x45A 851 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).