Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4977114ed86c8184…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB
MD5: 06a486ffcff46419d43f4d60a1ed6dfe SHA-1: 3d7815535865c5a2d0bd90e6255bd421f85887d1 SHA-256: 4977114ed86c81849fe7f55dfd68305413b9a1f3861204eb889675cc028dab52
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers the CVE-2009-0927 vulnerability via the Collab.getIcon method. This indicates the file is designed to exploit this specific PDF vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript streams, though large and potentially obfuscated, are indicative of malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
c5a2047c65a34ea322fb4642730922cf3118f79a8c2912629d23d5177189f4e0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x297 98608 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
c592188c27e4d68c0a8f1a21aecb9221a17150e23b61b0343e04f9ad89472a2e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x297 96790 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).