Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f50a4b63d2bd758c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB
MD5: 2b7e38f92edf6e9fa6af6c515d868141 SHA-1: fd9e2e8c3ef20dd033185ecf95e89316050ec416 SHA-256: f50a4b63d2bd758c932c63f6699e6acd035b3ab62c1f6fdc8d527d68eb99ed91
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2009-0927, indicating an exploit targeting this vulnerability. The presence of JavaScript actions and unescape calls further supports the exploitation of this known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript streams are likely responsible for executing the malicious 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.CVE_2009_0927-1
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
06bd71e50eb7891387d6001a18b324e915050f190aca28b492dc8942df7dd3bf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xE 98697 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0001_001.js
ac61dbcf8aa5b6ac2d606efb9932905f5de4d719eaf1776d0d14d66e33172704
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xE 96799 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).