Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbfcb9bd5bf4d0de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.1 KB
MD5: 78b7ac7f9dc2d166c09ba3c92cfe59ea SHA-1: 41ac51f769f51975007bc5cbac08403e4b525c65 SHA-256: cbfcb9bd5bf4d0de401bdda70782ab7d84f964089523688c9cde2285d0c48205
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical vulnerability (CVE-2009-0927) related to the Collab.getIcon function. This indicates the document is designed to exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary code. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript further supports this, suggesting an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
07289e754e988a271af61555d5ef67ad6bc5cebd7790c000cf461794e808a4f7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1A5 6037 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).