Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03edf6ea45101516…

MALICIOUS

PDF

430.7 KB
MD5: ab6c3dd376341f70b9b1b4be5decd6e0 SHA-1: afc7610903b0aac5e84a923c26d3570270a8c29e SHA-256: 03edf6ea451015169afffba1fcf0c321ab6f1a1a816d79cfd8eb837b4ed3f0a0
370 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-0927 using `Collab.getIcon` and `eval`/`unescape` functions. The script is designed to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://xgazz.biz/var/l.php?i=6. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9396

Heuristics 11

  • 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)
  • 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.Agent-35930 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930
  • 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)
  • 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).
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://ns.InsiderSoftware.com/fontlist/1.0/
    • http://xgazz.biz/var/l.php?i=6
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceRef#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://www.iec.ch
    • https://www.verisign.com/rpa
    • http://ocsp.verisign.com/ocsp/status0
    • https://www.verisign.com/rpa0
    • http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/CodeSignPCA.crl0
    • http://www.microsoft.com/typography
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/CPS��
    • https://www.verisign.com
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/verisignlogo.gif0��
    • https://www.verisign.com/CPS0b
    • http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/0
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/RPA0
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/verisignlogo.gif0�
    • https://www.verisign.com/CPS
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/CPS

Extracted artifacts 10

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0155_000.js
f23e505f155bfa9b9f356fa9fddf8d7fcafcc37fc2df3878e575e72c00c819d4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 155 at offset 0x4A729 697 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
3ebbd8aeb6829b13685cc3badf636a28c0c50ff24ec09e97f36fa0e511d5d82a
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x6A730 2619 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
icc_00_off00041551.icc
2b3aa1645779a9e634744faf9b01e9102b0c9b88fd6deced7934df86b949af7e
pdf-icc-profile PDF ICC profile at offset 0x41551 3144 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off000035c2.bin
5f96e1e90c4ef56487c91d02c05141dca0967f8e2bbd5d67be6c4f381f0afa79
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x35C2 62160 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca18.bin
b661c2e877dd6b7625208ae148d736aedb24eda2d4f014262cbb7f958f538ca0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA18 71216 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00019a73.bin
8b62f203a4ab5c2ac76368029c584b4fa12fffc17f3b6e4e43a9997416807d21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19A73 11156 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001ba24.bin
d375c22ace40f0b973d7308d85023b2e0e49d40dc51da45552d116868346475e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BA24 37232 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off00022871.bin
afeb9e1e920aae3aca3f295f1bbccba46b16423dac14b1b5fde4b661de9198cc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22871 46764 bytes
font_05_sfnt_off0002b0ec.bin
95592346b00d039686aa3d7e22eae3d52b011e7e842a5c123f73e89ea766cd35
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2B0EC 22628 bytes
font_06_sfnt_off00037183.bin
6cf6df6beee88aa138f821122d0c1969b348cebe09cafe5b5f6a7eb8c27107a0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x37183 32640 bytes