Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91df939aaa481fb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

22.7 KB
MD5: 7b31518a1fda9b27478e069a5d205661 SHA-1: 9ba07f6d99aab6d3870cbd7f80ef326a229d372c SHA-256: 91df939aaa481fb9c1d47a70ddb684ee0994197a65635d83e12cb97704a5469a
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF sample contains obfuscated JavaScript, including multiple eval() calls and string concatenations, indicative of exploit kit activity. The critical CVE-2009-0927 heuristic firing confirms the use of a known vulnerability to achieve code execution. The embedded JavaScript streams are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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
9c4d0ff5e75e71f0f4f21c154dfae5d344c7961a8c9701e9dd5a485b9d2e203b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x18E 3844 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).
javascript_obj111712_001.js
1c32a7e1a659b3ffc9a630443c9f220ec93208b5d2ca8d32d4d6228b2f6ad248
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x10C8 17069 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).
javascript_obj111713_002.js
bb0244a5053a20eefe26f724c89184ec0f61be0ba46f24c1334edf1bbb624d94
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111713 at offset 0x53AB 1719 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 4 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
2091cda1f0bce2ec8b621a25299239f06593e0672cad26a8a458d1590d780c0a
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0x10C8 1522 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
1397a77c63e5e8be02a059fd3c671fb708b92cb64d00ded4f2045e71093dec16
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array decoded JavaScript at offset 0x53AB 99 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js
3b2c364b5efe944dc3c9e698ca082df465f9d902eeadab7c679e6c457d4cc1ad
deobfuscated-js multi-marker percent-array combined decoded JavaScript at offset 0x10C8 1622 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).