Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65b29c07eb83db63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.1 KB
MD5: 1b3b876826c561c574876c366d801f08 SHA-1: bd55c09ce255628deb2d34618a55d24b63a97420 SHA-256: 65b29c07eb83db63b56a875136fca07baecad1607e4c6cb6ae905dba557ff6ef
308 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages a heap spray technique targeting the Adobe Reader U3D parser. This is indicative of an exploit attempting to achieve arbitrary code execution, specifically referencing CVE-2011-2462. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the core exploit mechanism is identifiable.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • Adobe Reader U3D parser exploit with JavaScript heap spray critical CVE likely CVE_2011_2462_U3D_HEAPSPRAY
    PDF combines U3D/3D annotation content with JavaScript heap-spray shellcode. Public CVE-2011-2462 exploit chains use a crafted U3D stream and JavaScript heap spray to control memory during Adobe Reader's U3D parser corruption.
  • 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.
  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
e681952d518d41f8169f4ef1fb25558e1931a3b86a2bf24e9ff1dba536e1089f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF 4449 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0002_001.js
53ef3e86395c29047481d41061937b32759780f8b45be9739a0a576f50df45b1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 2 at offset 0x1195 58 bytes