Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea51f87272be2591…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.2 KB
MD5: aea580b9a14e4569d0ca904a46bb1097 SHA-1: eb311858fe0ddfaa08245174945cfb813ed8c8ae SHA-256: ea51f87272be2591d6afffa89fa014bf1f17f027b56f29cb38402eac01aaf49b
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical finding is the CVE-2009-0927 exploit, which targets a vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The presence of unescape() calls and obfuscated objects further suggests malicious intent, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. No specific family could be identified.

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
faec0fbaef8973752088e056f32adc07f9e7f57d64f5b4582668b5936d5ef35d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1B9 5979 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).