Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbfe197bbde629ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

174.6 KB
MD5: 334b38d0932b43d681276c27e5421fb1 SHA-1: cb4f64ea3610bba488cedb299206a32181255336 SHA-256: fbfe197bbde629cafcb82c17fdcb69304cbb26fa7c04879c2c01a7f11fd41357
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file is malicious, as indicated by multiple critical heuristic firings related to known PDF exploits (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992). These exploits leverage embedded JavaScript to achieve code execution. The presence of extracted JavaScript artifacts, including a deobfuscated file, further supports this. The ClamAV detections (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35932, Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18, Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307) confirm the malicious nature and suggest the execution of shellcode. The overall attack pattern involves exploiting PDF reader vulnerabilities to download and execute further malicious content.

Heuristics 8

  • 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-35932 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35932
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
32105295380a7613fa6cacaae3b5588c05ad4ae765471dfd118a269fc301515b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 3903 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
cc2c9919f727926d54de2e82846e64cf781fb004557fa11f30f1cd61fe1d7e94
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x115A 8288 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).