Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c9467f73fd36aed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 180740bb7a59052abb9b31c700fac9c3 SHA-1: 1d9a4ccad45318b1c31383b5b0d928e7cc612e21 SHA-256: 1c9467f73fd36aed76e927b0c8ea87b107bc0d5e408c6072484cc51c55799c85
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.001 Malicious Link/Object: Malicious Link T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

This PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2009-0927 vulnerability (Collab.getIcon). The script uses eval() and unescape() functions, common in exploit kits, to deobfuscate and execute malicious code. The primary intent appears to be the exploitation of a PDF reader vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj111611_000.js
772da696bdb365f3f1eb4ea6af881baad391be62f3591b19f2f9827fcc4c9b53
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x844 479 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
1e3ca4d1ea42c72da27032c9728d5efad1b1f7e2817a08e2c772dac783ec5166
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 2625 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).