Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13389e9c8773f578…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.1 KB Created: 2011-04-18 15:20:20 +08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat 编辑器 9.0 (via Adobe Acrobat 9.1.2)
MD5: e477fa3b275b027c64bd6e0a787cb03a SHA-1: 80d988602659631613412da65327e3a9b8213963 SHA-256: 13389e9c8773f5787996eba24178dc7eaed2935c55101b1d261f2d014452ba58
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains embedded RichMedia (Flash) content that exploits CVE-2011-0611. This exploit targets Adobe Flash Player and is designed to execute a malicious SWF file named 'tessel_loader.swf'. The presence of this exploit and the embedded loader indicates a high likelihood of further malicious actions, such as downloading and executing additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.2316

Heuristics 5

  • Adobe Flash Player RichMedia exploit critical CVE likely CVE_2011_0611_FLASH_RICHMEDIA
    PDF combines RichMedia Flash activation with an embedded AS3 SWF loader (ByteArray/loadBytes) and shellcode heap-spray staging. This is the static exploit shape associated with CVE-2011-0611 Flash content delivered through Adobe Reader.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • PDF paints image(s) but contains no text operators info PDF_IMAGE_ONLY_LURE
    PDF has 1 image XObject(s) and the content stream contains no text-emitting operators (BT/ET, Tj, TJ, ', ") in either raw bytes or decompressed streams — this is the screenshot-as-PDF pattern used to bypass text-based scanners and to deliver instructions purely through rendered pixels. It is informational unless paired with invisible links or risky URI context.
  • 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
tessel_loader.swf
bd924d11ce49674ec7f4f03c7aeb4d65136ef76cd62043ab556b7de2a171402a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x10F 11244 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.86, consistent with packed or encrypted content.