Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa33febddfdc2160…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.67 MB Created: 2011-12-20 16:33:48 +05:30 Authoring application: Writer (via LibreOffice 3.4)
MD5: 2f1f553837adbe2183c74155789afe68 SHA-1: 89dcf84918df95291981f78d64811827876f9c87 SHA-256: fa33febddfdc2160cfb925837c07e66620b7ce9644a953f2bf847ccd70bcc8c6
498 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exploits CVE-2010-1240 to execute cmd.exe, which is then used to run a command that attempts to execute a file named 'coba.pdf'. The embedded JavaScript and the PDF structure indicate that this is a dropper mechanism designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Tool.Agent-1388586' and the extracted artifact 'Win.Trojan.Swrort-5710536-0' further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9626

Heuristics 14

  • Adobe Reader Launch action command execution critical CVE exact CVE_2010_1240
    PDF uses the Adobe Reader/Acrobat Launch action pattern associated with CVE-2010-1240: cmd.exe is invoked with attacker-controlled parameters, paired with an embedded/exported payload.
  • Launch action critical PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action whose target is an executable, URL, or UNC path — can start an external application
  • /Launch action target: cmd.exe critical PDF_LAUNCH_COMMAND
    PDF /Launch action specifies an executable target with parameters '/Q /C %HOMEDRIVE%&cd %HOMEPATH%&(if exist "Desktop\\coba.pdf" (cd "Desktop"' — references a known-dangerous executable (cmd, PowerShell, etc.).
  • Embedded attachment masquerades: declared document, content is windows-executable critical PDF_EMBEDDED_FILESPEC_CONTENT_MISMATCH
    An /EmbeddedFile attachment's declared filename extension or /Subtype MIME type contradicts the magic bytes of its decompressed content. The attachment is declared as a benign document or image but the bytes are an executable or executable-bearing archive. This is a deliberate deception used to hide droppers in PDF attachments and is a generic indicator of embed-and-drop weaponisation, independent of any specific CVE.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Tool.Agent-1388586 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Tool.Agent-1388586
  • 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.
  • /Launch action paired with attachment-dropping JS API high PDF_LAUNCH_PLUS_DROPPER_JS
    PDF combines a /Launch action with a JavaScript API call that writes or opens an attached/external resource — the canonical shape of the CVE-2010-1240 /Launch + exportDataObject family. Benign PDFs do not pair these surfaces; the combination indicates a drop-and-execute chain regardless of the specific JS API knobs or /Launch target.
  • Clickable PDF combines external action with parser-evasion structure high PDF_ACTION_PARSER_EVASION
    PDF has an external clickable URI together with object graph or xref structures that make parsers disagree, such as divergent duplicate objects, parser divergence, or xref offset mismatch. That combination is stronger than a plain link: the document is both an outward-action carrier and a parser-confusion/evasion sample.
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.fastandeasyhacking.net/
    • http://twitter.com/#!/r45c4l

Extracted artifacts 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
coba.pdf
e90d11fd266988967b145f37e60819de66f4e3c9551b1b41f61c99d27c2e6c1f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 246 at offset 0x3A0A79 73802 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Swrort-5710536-0
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
javascript_obj0247_000.js
04bce7778be71058cc5b55de719af4adcdb0232f621548130747b4e27ec18805
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 247 at offset 0x3AB6AB 53 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off003498fc.bin
f9872b6495c7b4582e0aac126c539772145d285c5eb8c3cfaa965818eab19553
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3498FC 19264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0034b4ca.bin
a8816bf3e3f80dffbf0ab5cbc5d6859e6f59151984f71709143ec1dcc0530d39
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34B4CA 30624 bytes
font_02_type1_off00350db2.bin
464d5ded43ecb7f72c78a2c111e4313d484a26af84f285203b80e7c019f6ca19
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x350DB2 96305 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
font_03_type1_off00368b0c.bin
ab95f640ae3a1fb2ed7418ad1682782d092c2188b03646c81db1f392167a51c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x368B0C 106289 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
font_04_type1_off00382f85.bin
9fbb8d4a3e472a16436bd47078cfbfa896e6f949b7f6d1c56a20873380357fd7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x382F85 107942 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.