Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a7d3601d4f5b7b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.7 KB
MD5: 944fdb7aac8cb4baca854dba94ce6ba9 SHA-1: f4b7ae70ec950804daa319ea942035efd6d239d2 SHA-256: 7a7d3601d4f5b7b88d43e63c13e2de8b116572ecd3bef6f827cc24039df3e9f7
254 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-2883 indicates exploitation of Adobe Reader. The PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD and PDF_JAVASCRIPT heuristics, along with the presence of extracted JavaScript files, suggest that the PDF is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Heuristics 10

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7275277-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7275277-0
  • OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION
    PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • 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
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
9721e37d4b095ee3b1c9a4d15386cea8631c4d83eff7cd51df211bd3274a91a7		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA 2631 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_002_off0000ad73.js
d1dfd457a2fdd3cec4091f689f39b85b35666aa5599ef3a8d5f9a80d1e2ce105		 decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xAD73 1042 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off00000fb9.bin
3c418e8f134166f1ea50b6d9c669ae07c27fd47f914f35c4de94f33d6db8e099		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9 65932 bytes
font_01_type1_off0000b217.bin
c6bf78478c9c4dd5b3b86554d34c78f847f70af4118f9ff083c1fccf0e8e932b		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0xB217 97 bytes
font_02_type1_off0000b4a0.bin
b749644b3e758e7335900ab2e7499eaa64b3a946849f1f8a0948287bdd96763d		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0xB4A0 144 bytes

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