Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 412f67909ef2cb14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.1 KB
MD5: 4baf7af69ebf9bbd5f9f1134ec2e4266 SHA-1: f673fa4d942596c9f26b56b8874c54907e1763e0 SHA-256: 412f67909ef2cb145e616ddc18978c3484cb3505bf8f5e554b5a2c4f2296b64e
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905' strongly suggests malicious intent. The presence of U3D content and a related CVE indicator points to an exploit targeting Adobe Reader's 3D parsing capabilities. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the deobfuscated 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', likely facilitates the execution of a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
javascript_obj0007_000.js
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A2 352 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
52e394c4d1e6f2dbca82f0ba7ac2686e2cbda3c6471880e3d811915dc77881d4
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x305 5954 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).