Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 593e8649e900ecf8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.0 KB
MD5: 458f7f966f1cf95151dd7e3fe9c7d7f9 SHA-1: 92eca567590626a9d7be6df8e4176b3cddcd6480 SHA-256: 593e8649e900ecf855a1de1666f223e89c5173c77f607a8044b8c905214d3f84
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-2883, indicating an exploit targeting Adobe Reader. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams, along with the ASCIIHexDecode filter, further supports the exploitation of a client-side vulnerability. The primary attack vector appears to be code execution via the identified CVE.

Heuristics 6

  • Adobe Reader CoolType SING font exploit — CVE-2010-2883 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_2883
    PDF embeds a TrueType/OpenType font with an actual SING table and pairs it with JavaScript heap-spray shellcode. This matches the public Adobe Reader CoolType SING exploit shape for CVE-2010-2883.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
69f5ea366818e94e3f7256d88b4b65f71b915737a62deda2a57d01aa7fd67eae
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA0BA 4006 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000033c.bin
683fcffe9abaad29001e134bdd9ad7d1628d5cbbf628c451b6c621f202a7dae4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33C 65932 bytes