Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0a80b2fbdcdfe97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.8 KB
MD5: 13d828e705ed1d95615f0cb65f5fc4ee SHA-1: ba7669da9096457e9309628ce490680a48ba1e6f SHA-256: b0a80b2fbdcdfe97ec1070010593a31328d8fac9c8c4adfc49de3fec7e231378
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2009-0927 using a custom Base64 decoder. This JavaScript is designed to deobfuscate and execute a second-stage payload, likely for downloading further malicious content.

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)
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
8df0bf74587326c3b0f66bd75a52f5ac97faa3ba5d0cbceecb99ec3820c5abde
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1D3 9215 bytes
custom_b64_stage_000.js
03632eb344ab7ab4058785fd2317db852f8189c1d5a94704bf02849383904642
deobfuscated-js custom Base64 decoded JavaScript layer 2 (PDF /JS object 8) at offset 0x8A7 1517 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).