PDF malware analysis — malicious · 0080a490a844ac27

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.6 KB

MD5: 2233e1cd7e4a8e598adc6fc6706e1634 SHA-1: 87483d917cca437d9bdb63a78c6f5a60ece3e479 SHA-256: 0080a490a844ac2739da1af993554b0b40543e103b87c304195189559c89c126

308 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated and utilizes techniques indicative of exploit code, specifically targeting Adobe Reader's U3D parser. Heuristics indicate a critical CVE-2011-2462 U3D heap spray exploit, which is often used to facilitate arbitrary code execution. The second embedded JavaScript object, 'javascript_obj0002_001.js', contains a call to 'this.print()', which can be leveraged in conjunction with exploits to trigger malicious actions.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

Adobe Reader U3D parser exploit with JavaScript heap spray critical CVE likely CVE_2011_2462_U3D_HEAPSPRAY

PDF combines U3D/3D annotation content with JavaScript heap-spray shellcode. Public CVE-2011-2462 exploit chains use a crafted U3D stream and JavaScript heap spray to control memory during Adobe Reader's U3D parser corruption.
U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high CVE related PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED

PDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0001_000.js` `f606818f9b1ace04ebba148e0de13cc94dcc63d34ba87d217e95f3e99c2f86a3`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF	3609 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`javascript_obj0002_001.js` `53ef3e86395c29047481d41061937b32759780f8b45be9739a0a576f50df45b1`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 2 at offset 0xFCE	58 bytes

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