PDF malware analysis — malicious · 433418c5e6c045d6

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.4 KB

MD5: b6e85e389d1cd9c4590d0b033cfaee98 SHA-1: 2fb0efe4de9a7c328e706145d12d1d5449005cf8 SHA-256: 433418c5e6c045d6c91e59c6075233f019b0440f5d4fba463b0b1f03be08afb3

66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified as a multi-stage dropper. This script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER' heuristic. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this analysis. The exact download URL or execution details could not be fully reconstructed due to obfuscation, but the intent is clear.

Heuristics 5

Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 3 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_dashed_payload, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `a3319192cac6d4dc4eeb6af2d736b0ffec979b23116a003bc7c23382761c32a5`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	733 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `2882f1910d76143f77913d84d724be2f81c393ee0f2e23cbc9a59cffb60a1652`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1C1F	12748 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` `26f9c07bc1f5182ce341a7d606b3a2c7ce545c10ba8e5384ea95fc1a70620b6b`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	65815 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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