Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1d15d1c1c4a8d7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB
MD5: 30da40e1a6092f355ecde494c5183830 SHA-1: e705dd47af77ed4cec315b663557cb867267c799 SHA-256: f1d15d1c1c4a8d7ce56ad319a9422965b548fe9b44311d91d55d2096fd069277
218 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the CVE-2009-0927 vulnerability (Collab.getIcon). The script uses eval() and unescape() functions, indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code execution. The primary goal appears to be exploiting this known PDF vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
44910ca0c7a5e4798ca1bfd933a01f93895b3aeb98fa99e49e8c07bba768e6d2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 522 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).