Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59ab05f0d7e22fbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB
MD5: c0ccb3ffe9a2724e4d7957893840ddde SHA-1: bd1c47d6c8a4088f3459fd017936dc3026d961ab SHA-256: 59ab05f0d7e22fbb9792e4acbd89566decbb4e76a861ef60a1601c457120d76b
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers heuristics related to PDF JavaScript execution and Adobe Reader 3D content vulnerabilities. ClamAV detections indicate the presence of Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18, suggesting the embedded JavaScript is malicious. The script likely attempts to exploit a vulnerability to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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.
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0005_000.js
90c70853178b4dfbe5aeb450bc9c83613bf38a945de76ebe1faf0f9fd5312150
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x111 62 bytes
javascript_obj0010_001.js
b48be05ef756aa0c3c2dbe57ae005ec7a6740490e7223c948d44c1200c9957e4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x512 4096 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
u3d_00_off000001f5.bin
5517083ed4e64eadc460f36ee7cf3c54a0fc2bd0fccac15f3b3d4e231c069f96
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x1F5 343 bytes