PDF malware analysis — malicious · 4fc7a6d08393491e

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.5 KB

MD5: 476eb17046416d791bc5d28cb19ca407 SHA-1: c160da63f21eb27b6be7f679808471c704de308a SHA-256: 4fc7a6d08393491e76c26dc2572d0c4d5cdc17ca13e2035eb56323c72882d953

66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER heuristic. This script is designed to act as a dropper, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and the 'syncAnnotScan' primitive suggest a multi-stage attack. The deobfuscated JavaScript files are the primary artifacts of interest for further analysis.

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` `ad0c02829d3b26402b37675e530d3a1ad51ee3771c07fd6ca8b53f311f7e40da`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1A42	12221 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` `1551a635fbfe7cb02604cd496838fdb7448f568548ec59d169972e1caf84ebd9`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	62150 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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