PDF malware analysis — malicious · 0ce18c65373f1139

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.5 KB

MD5: d82206d8c8ca63672b6d502142616e44 SHA-1: b72d8a82c174ce2f2d7ece64a9954066b2857dd7 SHA-256: 0ce18c65373f113916b108508b3afc481e460f77353d1e3ddd259dbd29bab5a1

308 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF file that contains obfuscated JavaScript. Critical heuristics indicate a CVE-2011-2462 U3D heap spray exploit, which is a known method for achieving arbitrary code execution in older versions of Adobe Reader. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated and uses unescape() calls, typical of exploit code designed to bypass detection and achieve code execution.

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` `07b7f63dcd51bc6d746ee72a6e1aac3596d409c7ab99ee48b742c5cda5157d39`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF	3589 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 0xFA3	58 bytes

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