Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 475055c3910a1c26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.7 KB
MD5: 1dcce4af53d24e302ab002290bb851b0 SHA-1: 719b2904062399b2a4368d956dc7d2f720a7ea85 SHA-256: 475055c3910a1c2684c3e4f14fc69db97c0e5390ac58627a55b34cddc5fd805a
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The heuristic PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED suggests a potential exploit related to Adobe Reader 3D parsing. The presence of a deobfuscated.js file further supports the execution of malicious JavaScript. The script's exact function is not fully discernible due to its size and potential obfuscation, but it is highly probable that it downloads and executes a second-stage payload.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0009_000.js
fc5b426b863fda3995fccd3f522ce82f4a2e780f06c61c18c1f9c560eb55c984
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x2CBF 493 bytes
deobfuscated.js
bd4a8aa3518b2ad24b0583c56f6d8ba17b2b49b28bda480282c28fc79b6ece84
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 105094 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).