Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10089c74b5131049…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.7 KB
MD5: 5b2686cb0695fc09da9411b235e73f70 SHA-1: a5721d9765213cb343a1e1112fad13285943ab91 SHA-256: 10089c74b5131049996bf5f33d5c8a9b7962b23a38fedbd3ef06924cdae3e375
308 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes a heap spray technique targeting a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader's U3D parser (CVE-2011-2462). This exploit cluster is designed to achieve arbitrary code execution within the context of the vulnerable application. The primary script attempts to spray the heap with data, likely to facilitate the exploitation process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
272f4abdc1341e172210d1114dfd17631ba031fe0bd95033dd8b8ee75f6dc0cc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF 3587 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 0x1007 58 bytes