Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f69f29c701675f00…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

5.8 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)
MD5: 66164667cc0b93bcfb28e664f2d1cd33 SHA-1: 19ab90d46183cb5646d6160ca3fb0c1704240bb4 SHA-256: f69f29c701675f007ca4fb2ba8a575e1d83886ed69645e833b6e9d4d07711e96
358 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931) and contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. Specifically, it leverages CVE-2009-0927 (Collab.getIcon), CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo), and CVE-2008-2992 (util.printf) through embedded JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript artifacts, including 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js', are heavily obfuscated but indicate the execution of a second-stage payload. The file's purpose is to exploit these vulnerabilities to achieve arbitrary code execution.

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-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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
dcb8c874f7a9c76aace7c466678c160f90d3eed00b8edae1efc3f575c81dff1b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x133C 1031 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
d6fc99b41e105174c89d93f7a47b1f3d08d6ecd1a0e284bb88049e9fd0397b50
deobfuscated-js metadata placeholder percent-decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E 4881 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).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
acbdd47ec0ac29dd0fddc7e0a5dfc2887bbe8c4a734620db0f763f53527ad0c0
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E 4877 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).