Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf9d7cf3b81c39a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.8 KB
MD5: 4fc0553f76d3b6c8570d845da3497d67 SHA-1: 4823f12b68fb39319430effefe7d770fa0c9213c SHA-256: cf9d7cf3b81c39a527d7bd33f83b1af48fd89a28aaaeeddf773430fb196e9e31
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2009-0927 (Collab.getIcon). This indicates the file is designed to exploit this vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, although not fully detailed, is likely responsible for executing a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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
bad00d145d34656a3f0e2be8c93fc9f3d2826146821941239193458e5eafa0ab
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x191 6018 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).