Malicious PDF / .BAK — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f1b18839916b61f…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .BAK

43.4 KB
MD5: bbb337594c9c7edb3312eee5f66059d9 SHA-1: 91ef5a220ef8705b9ee36925a1a7e907f914206e SHA-256: 2f1b18839916b61febd64a12cec7f144cfcca99647a2fe23b4c6d409a1726b57
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command and Shell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, triggering heuristics related to known Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the execution of malicious code. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run arbitrary code, likely to download and execute further payloads.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0005_000.js
e98d2ee473b9a16751401b2efe1ab53561db61f4b1f06b39437a60319734e8ab
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x14F 479 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
d7040ab1a018ac0b57533b5eb6b24bddd1b9cc860a448dc1203b47f4e798020f
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1BB6 13154 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
deobfuscated.js
c30a0eefb9d484d86acc0504a1fedd3effea05f86e9f0ea53d62f85f692e9eae
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 295450 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
u3d_00_off00004152.bin
fb27c6f6ffe2b08a88f79f344ef3cb4f85460ac81a062194b6fd84ab6e48b628
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x4152 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.