Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39272aeb8b28d1c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.7 KB
MD5: cce3748a05d398a9f1c77ccee9b8e005 SHA-1: ba3b76e08dbbe35d64613a38226bcced9e6d27eb SHA-256: 39272aeb8b28d1c6929b2a29807eab8ddcc2ca722bc708e5ad36dd1953f1c739
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, with heuristics indicating a potential exploit related to Adobe Reader 3D parsing vulnerabilities. The extracted artifact 'deobfuscated.js' likely contains malicious code intended to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests an attempt to leverage these features for exploitation.

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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0009_000.js
6808e4129c47477626bc3ab8c575d90a9d666412eb6956c646d1673e25a01b18
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x47EE 573 bytes
deobfuscated.js
240f5d9971329098ef2b33475532bd6d4d5626fa201fb8c063c33eb6d4c33d1b
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 248209 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
u3d_00_off00004a59.bin
a96e1fca2499edf504d3934052ca1fc338d4b4898a65e6a361937ed1ba0dc0fe
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x4A59 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.