Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4e483fa4000b0b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB Created: 2010-07-25 10:32:51
MD5: 1c5a7d044fa9fa6cc840ff954a6e7e5f SHA-1: d4fe4a5edc43fc94bbec436c3bd9cd4a72039235 SHA-256: f4e483fa4000b0b2432a7e6fca53860528da6d92348d9a41b61e4a499910683f
328 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file exploits multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities including CVE_2009_4324, CVE_2009_0927, CVE_2007_5659, and CVE_2008_2992. The embedded JavaScript, recovered as producer_char_range_stage_000.js, is used as a stager to deliver the exploit payload. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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)
  • 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 /Producer character-range JavaScript stager high PDF_INFO_PRODUCER_CHAR_RANGE_JS_STAGER
    PDF metadata hides JavaScript in /Producer as character ranges plus a long numeric index table. The document JavaScript rebuilds an alphabet from those ranges, maps the indexes into characters, and evals the recovered exploit stage. The decoder is bounded and only fires when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript.
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
fe09632398e752677c89a2afc5aead96ada4faa8b3c73e96eef2424c5af22caf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x2C27 463 bytes
javascript_obj0007_001.js
35727a49d85468d153b37485ca9eadeafae8a27935773d0d08f075c49c8f372a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x2C27 99 bytes
producer_char_range_stage_000.js
acbadff62c56af88817e357ce845aba58b822804eb49a5325a982e4ca16c2845
deobfuscated-js PDF /Info Producer char-range indexed JavaScript at offset 0x17B 3617 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).