Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24276b20970a4946…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.2 KB
MD5: a46268a5947f571b680bbc43b8fa4e86 SHA-1: 7aca4d3129d7e25dc1705c0d54de1998a21b801e SHA-256: 24276b20970a4946a23db9fb6a054409c06b2727911d68488e5763b23f983bd0
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2009-0927 (Collab.getIcon). This indicates the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary code. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript and a ClamAV detection for 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports a malicious intent, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
c56cb0770b99d4424fb00f3ac42a2f6ee785c4f624186679ce833820d22c627e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1BD 5994 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).