Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b9a2c337c16a9b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB
MD5: cb74bad6d68b0ffaaf87d5aecefa2741 SHA-1: d4dbe9b401fcf93c96ab626dc75413f7e23ea6d8 SHA-256: 1b9a2c337c16a9b46d51dca32b1ed28c3e397fa2c0427d9a15f2c70347ee45bd
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers critical heuristics for CVE-2009-0927, indicating exploitation of a vulnerability related to Collab.getIcon. This suggests the document is designed to deliver a malicious payload by exploiting this specific flaw in older PDF readers. No second-stage URLs or specific malware behaviors were directly extracted from the limited document body.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
3aa71ea35b303b1d9f92f8ec8a1f2f4dee95dc1cd6c1695395274aa766d6fe24
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x297 98618 bytes
javascript_obj0007_001.js
0d23092e37b4cb8fbf88c696def779c91cbb67b379ba9ae904d947dbdddccc83
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x297 96792 bytes