Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 397d1dd72c525da0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.7 KB
MD5: 2c9f1c5b65ac7a0a6556b03b8d76b0cf SHA-1: f948eb7c645a0f77e18f8b4aeef71968031d5790 SHA-256: 397d1dd72c525da0f74f61eff1e4370bc9422dbed7a50fef9f5720d0d3217cab
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and exploits the CVE-2009-3953 vulnerability related to U3D content. The embedded JavaScript, named 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', is likely responsible for further malicious actions, such as downloading and executing additional payloads. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 5

  • Adobe Reader U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration exploit critical CVE likely CVE_2009_3953
    PDF combines malformed U3D 3D content with JavaScript/action activation. CVE-2009-3953 is an Adobe Reader/Acrobat U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration array-boundary vulnerability triggered by malformed U3D data in a PDF.
  • 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
fe3a87d763fa8fe7566a94e8403088a79d265f0670299e212b1b427ecb1db63e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x21F7 14731 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
u3d_00_off00005243.bin
a96e1fca2499edf504d3934052ca1fc338d4b4898a65e6a361937ed1ba0dc0fe
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x5243 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.