Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 312495ed34a1ed19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.6 KB
MD5: d072067438563aa22839bcee814b78ed SHA-1: e5362dfad1df60d8cd01c41eb31f1eace93ef8ae SHA-256: 312495ed34a1ed198e8f34c006cbc3de3ff02c36bca95da5d5fa5954d52a1b6c
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. The presence of U3D content and a 'syncAnnotScan' primitive suggests exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities. The extracted 'deobfuscated.js' file is likely responsible for the malicious payload delivery, although its exact function is not fully discernible from the provided evidence.

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
13cad8154c205beb6306190be1155bbba6aa71c0daad170f29662965290d6f84
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x14F 475 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
33ea7bf6dccc020221e31fd959ffa27176144402ce00be86929b21d9d128487d
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1CD8 12399 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
10b47da49da010b7434d5b5b5401fb2bb14ecd7a1ef903d98377713c5f69d0eb
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 208492 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
u3d_00_off0000424f.bin
fb27c6f6ffe2b08a88f79f344ef3cb4f85460ac81a062194b6fd84ab6e48b628
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x424F 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.