Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51259919defcccc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.5 KB
MD5: 2f931047252444d4ea8ccfab2a7014ac SHA-1: be2e22bb93ad7654725db9a85a2eb1cae2560848 SHA-256: 51259919defcccc5423f258f54ef9d6e584e90c73741c93e5c529cb6ac78c27f
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2009-0927 vulnerability through the Collab.getIcon method. The script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The extensive use of string concatenation and eval() calls indicates a deliberate attempt to evade static analysis.

Heuristics 5

  • 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)
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111711_000.js
806a635be548a82c022d2e9b46d2c8675067d514e2b06755ee7f136ff7b46e24
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x18E 3319 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111712_001.js
030a8f606641b88f178802d850cd4f9cd3afa5188fba3c944334b9e6176071ca
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0xEBB 19491 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111713_002.js
3abee611e2880c7008d248ba1d2b9417ad9bae062a02ebfef8e1f41c12eecc0b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x5B14 1733 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 6 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
1412a09b263e0a64c28cc7f184247102cbe88e4b5ed6b84ed0c0c83087aaa08b
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0xEBB 1521 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
56260ee877084f540cef0f510d37690a44fe4906fb712abf977040617769653b
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0x5B14 104 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
21cac2c88821c0d39ba24c2f0e98d6341e242ef3d0baecfb43d76b38e2959afd
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array combined decoded JavaScript at offset 0xEBB 1626 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).