Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c90eeb417dd3db5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.2 KB
MD5: 7060ca9df890c7d777de34330246a778 SHA-1: 6539bce7d75e96fd66c4034d1c1ec8625a90f757 SHA-256: c90eeb417dd3db5efe2313358f0e60af1fcf48546758399599a65edad5b14640
218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF exploits CVE-2009-0927 using embedded JavaScript, indicated by the 'Collab.getIcon' sink and 'eval()'/'unescape()' calls. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', are heavily obfuscated but static analysis suggests they are designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The document body contains nonsensical text, typical of lures used in exploit kits.

Heuristics 7

  • 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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35649 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35649
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
c1c376cb974743de20a7e631689c0accf3eb985ae93b8deec1bbc53eb911330b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x3B4 6815 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
e02e2a3bae5c73bf215cd72464cd0cd24899c02b4725be7065c7303db8f7b64c
deobfuscated-js string-concatenation normalized Acrobat API aliases at offset 0x3B4 276 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).