Malicious PDF / .IN — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01f0af4037808791…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .IN

3.6 KB
MD5: 4e6c265c195f19d87c423542fa3ddf9e SHA-1: 4b9f74e67da3a1bf4695833b672f11c134fb6199 SHA-256: 01f0af40378087911bb79de5a6c79c26628caa26036c9257d2f0720e762d966a
450 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2009-0927 vulnerability through `Collab.getIcon`. The script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the URL http://qtg.in/index4.php?src=196&grp=11&trk=0511200519065302&trki=2a5eba0c0d23b57b185d947ddfabe37a&e=7&. This indicates a typical downloader or dropper pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 12

  • 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.
  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1
  • 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
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • Generic recovered JavaScript exploit stage high PDF_GENERIC_STAGE_RECOVERY
    Bounded static stage recovery exposed hidden JavaScript through generic transforms such as null-byte collapse, percent decoding, marker replacement, arithmetic character codes, fromCharCode, numeric arrays, numeric-array minus-key decoders, alphabet-index arrays, /Producer half-difference metadata arrays, hex literals, marker-stripped Base64 literals, custom 6-bit XOR table decoders, or repeated-marker hex carriers. This rule is emitted only when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript or shellcode markers.
  • PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL
    Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
  • 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.
  • 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://qtg.in/index4.php?src=196&grp=11&trk=0511200519065302&trki=2a5eba0c0d23b57b185d947ddfabe37a&e=7&

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
3b3989d8b2145a9fa44eb44b21f00740d2dac3c2bd6f9167d0bd85d668a35f7b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x217 533 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0008_001.js
8cf71e87e32752b54c0698f440263cc22cd4e78cb4675130bd9cefaffee19833
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x23D 3085 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_000.js
f6dc7bdbc6da34e1f3699ac2ed63a2f290e74eb5f39a649e957b24a7443eccda
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from JavaScript object 8 at offset 0x23D 3083 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_001.js
3bf9511376feb137637f3736f2d9e165c21c64d165be9b1ffbed6c2517fc9fe0
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from combined JavaScript objects at offset 0x217 3617 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_002.js
703568a4de892f750fb99fcd328de09f5ca1b67de6955a2b5880c2d2dbc8a2bc
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from decompressed stream at 0x0 at offset 0x0 3648 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
combined_document_js_000.js
2d9ea2c47a73ae0665a1e1ca98897ca0eb41e473a1fbac1c45236e90d7e8f810
deobfuscated-js combined document JavaScript streams at offset 0x217 3619 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).