Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb9787b491f83141…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.4 KB Authoring application: Viraciregavi
MD5: 0d9a13de72ea188850b6c08c5cc0ab89 SHA-1: e38bc54c9b143941e8ce12064d39775efc7ba547 SHA-256: fb9787b491f8314193bfb92179695085d486988238e41b48e8dcb76562bc903f
338 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes multiple known exploits (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) through Acrobat API calls like Collab.getIcon, Collab.collectEmailInfo, and util.printf. The JavaScript is obfuscated using eval() and unescape() functions, indicating an attempt to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve downloading and executing a secondary payload. The document body text appears to be nonsensical filler, further suggesting the content is a lure for the exploit.

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
2140e1e256cdfdb19add0c821151cfe47e4c551f7ffde788f88e7aa4013af9e2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x45A 5784 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).