Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dff46506df67345e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.0 KB
MD5: bc46fca5e5c7ff1f7def829d34a95601 SHA-1: 5bd14b10b5af2af124ace209d3fd12735f35209a SHA-256: dff46506df67345e0c8ea4a3495ca147f431312d69fc8bce2d1c7854bfaf6e9c
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, indicating exploitation of a known vulnerability. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314266-0' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing 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: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314266-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314266-0
  • 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
ea675e38df39521dad6c1463cede9b6bccfc9ed0ee2b6616b136f0685e8b6f0e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1A3 5833 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).