Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f946edc09a9deb71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.2 KB Created: 2009-01-35 62:12:26 Authoring application: Adobe
MD5: 0ddfd514d05823d3ef4b50c39e908a44 SHA-1: 58a1b8c391b2194c5910b23598e0a8e664f0c0f9 SHA-256: f946edc09a9deb71431af9ef1a098d3a9dfd74bc24d6470df307ee34a2ec166c
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These exploits leverage embedded JavaScript to achieve arbitrary code execution. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests a multi-stage attack, where the initial PDF likely serves as a dropper for further malicious activity, such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0032_000.js
7d92f2865c54edc6d7d79c9844e49995252b892f4933968931620755d970511a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x35E 276 bytes
javascript_obj0034_001.js
b3f8b7466431f3d50eab790776c979b301bfd0b7666e44e2177468b7366066f3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0x45A 395 bytes
javascript_obj0036_002.js
09d9a5e05d8d53534a2b3e636c5732e85e5891f61d706ba1ffa6f8e4495e9b15
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xBC 266 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
22a6a208648dff6c065cc69c8b36dd18ce75f6c4d5faa906ccd32de67f9d364b
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x5A7 1694 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
0c9eb77f8a95e6adabe2102d904fd2e0b695f1892794bbc12ec0dc79d2a3e7e6
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xB66 1854 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
2c778b45703aec0e461dc4e723d4e9677a9d407c1d3f906f42412dcd32eef508
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1101 3046 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).