Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5e8322ed14cce71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.0 KB
MD5: 62c243cb31094d22532fe5146dfce218 SHA-1: 291ed531b09ff08108e3a0e96efed548c7713945 SHA-256: a5e8322ed14cce719afb2f115b89baf1acc729f4c45e1ef6fef31642b1f3f36a
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical CVE-2009-0927 exploit targeting Collab.getIcon was detected. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript and a detected exploit suggests the document is designed to compromise the user's system upon opening. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' likely contains the malicious script.

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
ba76655e3d33fcb60dde8ba74d5dac9886ee1f57bc77b6016f18a3745399e4a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1AB 5891 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).