Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a7d3233571b0639…

MALICIOUS

PDF

316.0 KB Created: 2008-01-05 16:25:50 +01:00 Authoring application: LaTeX with hyperref package (via pdfeTeX-1.21a)
MD5: 839be4f806c62456847b2f844df46e81 SHA-1: 31cc7f70d0323ab08bec65726767c36f2821bdb5 SHA-256: 1a7d3233571b0639ad2b7247ea509f4fa79400e5d52a001469593ab19953547b
252 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF exploits CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3459 related to the U3D parser, triggering a JavaScript heap spray. The embedded JavaScript, reconstructed from obfuscated strings, is designed to execute arbitrary code. This indicates the document's primary purpose is to exploit this vulnerability to deliver a secondary payload, likely for further system compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Adobe Reader U3D auto-activated 3D annotation — CVE-2009-3459 critical CVE likely CVE_2009_3459_U3D_AUTOACTIVATE
    PDF contains a /Subtype /3D annotation that is configured to auto-activate on page view (/3DA <</A /PV /AIS /I>>) alongside a /U3D stream and JavaScript. This is the document shape used by CVE-2009-3459 (Adobe Reader U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration heap overflow, APSB09-15): the U3D parser runs without any user interaction once the page is rendered, while the accompanying JavaScript prepares a heap-spray to land controlled memory inside the corrupted allocation.
  • 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.
  • Generic recovered JavaScript exploit stage high PDF_GENERIC_STAGE_RECOVERY
    Bounded static stage recovery exposed hidden JavaScript through generic transforms such as null-byte collapse, percent decoding, marker replacement, arithmetic character codes, fromCharCode, numeric arrays, numeric-array minus-key decoders, alphabet-index arrays, /Producer half-difference metadata arrays, hex literals, marker-stripped Base64 literals, custom 6-bit XOR table decoders, or repeated-marker hex carriers. This rule is emitted only when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript or shellcode markers.
  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://vcg.isti.cnr.it)/S/URI/Type/Action
    • http://meshlab.sourceforge.net)/S/URI/Type/Action
    • http://vcg.isti.cnr.it
    • http://meshlab.sourceforge.net
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdfx/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/

Extracted artifacts 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0015_000.js
e6ec90c17a9979afc209d45a355c8a1ab0939cbe7191da9be7ac142d657cbf78
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 15 at offset 0x665 2438 bytes
stream_010_off00023a81.bin
b1f937b9541d599e1c6000c4c47f7f3f21a4d9b0e1051c8a5580e07bc6106afd
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x23A81 177792 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.72, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
generic_stage_recovery_000.js
20c3cd2cf3055b7fb409ca3fa7ac180cbaf540f9d3b746c1a38905a77482666b
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize from JavaScript object 15 at offset 0x665 2303 bytes
font_00_type1_off0001cece.bin
d129a586d7449f3004ab2629e1b01753002037f8ca955d68339aba6fea13d9dd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x1CECE 6428 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.55, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
font_01_type1_off0001e769.bin
6d68a200ddadd677e7031f9795a017ce42b4d7f02b68d39a072ecbc1e20fb5d6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x1E769 7849 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.64, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
font_02_type1_off00020635.bin
cab7a46a0f2b73639fc37aa221b515da6888b096748ee89dec2f4876e25f7f1f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x20635 2374 bytes
font_03_type1_off00020e26.bin
f1d06dc0327817e03d778a88f65436557134c269106fbc5438dd4ef0c897a441
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x20E26 11287 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.76, consistent with packed or encrypted content.