Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f2bf4c398e48d70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.5 KB
MD5: fb7780d728cf54f816bced30e2da5253 SHA-1: 1b665c7582c1f2e37f84ca41b76c37925a1be69d SHA-256: 7f2bf4c398e48d704d87d62940fdf2597e72a4db68a23312ff24f975b9df9640
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious File Execution

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript that is triggered by the CVE-2009-0927 vulnerability, specifically the Collab.getIcon method. The JavaScript is obfuscated but appears to be designed to execute arbitrary code. The primary IOC is the CVE identifier itself, indicating the exploit method.

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. (matched in decompressed 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.
  • 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_obj111111_000.js
63aabe99ab56da1c61828738dcbd89ff78c9960bdfd98a407fb4bc05a9831819
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111111 at offset 0x160 2269 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).