Malicious PDF / .COM — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53e6f853a8606e8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .COM

45.0 KB
MD5: 10a99fe7ba304fab3cd7ee3b4853ff55 SHA-1: a45e945ac1376d5b93bf4e600fa4f7885dc9ed8e SHA-256: 53e6f853a8606e8eed93ffca516fc0bfbcf07d27d4ad0a323116811a22bd259b
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, with heuristics indicating a potential exploit related to Adobe Reader's 3D parsing capabilities (CVE-family). The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests the script's primary function is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The exact nature of the payload is not discernible from the provided evidence, but the exploit vector is clear.

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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0009_000.js
c1b5ff130aac3af62fca14faf6f47a429f61afc2e81b304b56820c851fef2fa9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x4593 450 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
257b5241df1dfa88811463536596346e1f63a3a5685e048804a05f60596ad941
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1CAB 12842 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).
deobfuscated.js
fe9a95febcd258912c643d99b409ea313660988fcc8b58502ebe1233a58ca89c
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 229901 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
u3d_00_off000047cf.bin
fb27c6f6ffe2b08a88f79f344ef3cb4f85460ac81a062194b6fd84ab6e48b628
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x47CF 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.