PDF malware analysis — malicious · e1ee916b9e1b3954

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.2 KB

MD5: 2148a9d4443c5bac62c23880b3e1f9e1 SHA-1: 2aefbcd05e08a6489e8b5a4ce27716f4eb210d7b SHA-256: e1ee916b9e1b39540876ef052c209991defe780f9da5387af365777f525c7377

180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_UNESCAPE. A critical finding is the exploitation of CVE-2009-0927 using the Collab.getIcon method. This suggests the document is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The embedded JavaScript stream, extracted as javascript_obj0006_000.js, likely facilitates this malicious action.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `33ae9a3d38b5b712f82a7ee478c878503fd52ad9b55e8450099501877e3541ee`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1C7	5005 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).

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