PDF malware analysis — malicious · 87a50ebc9338b1f0

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.8 KB

MD5: 2ef492468e756e41c57f4df5af9639f4 SHA-1: 3f037953f712e8ca67a639976013cc8226487f16 SHA-256: 87a50ebc9338b1f05e3952fd569da12f99d8a0c41c26850cc68dcb6d24c43c80

194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and is configured with an OpenAction trigger, indicating an attempt to automatically execute code upon opening. The critical heuristic firing for CVE-2014-0496, specifically related to app.addToolButton/removeToolButton, strongly suggests exploitation of this vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified as a suspicious artifact, likely contains the malicious payload or the mechanism to download it. The document body's content about weight loss is a lure to encourage opening the malicious PDF.

Heuristics 9

app.addToolButton/removeToolButton — CVE-2014-0496 critical CVE exact CVE_2014_0496

PDF JavaScript combines app.addToolButton() and app.removeToolButton() with heap-spray shellcode markers — the public Adobe Reader/Acrobat ToolButton use-after-free exploit shape for CVE-2014-0496. (matched in decompressed stream)
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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0001_000.js` `6aaaedbb57957425c90c22dc70bcc4a0bed6219ba090421fdbea8b9f74878ed6`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA	4434 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 13 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`stream_001_off000015fc.js` `d1dfd457a2fdd3cec4091f689f39b85b35666aa5599ef3a8d5f9a80d1e2ce105`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x15FC	1042 bytes
`font_00_type1_off00001a9a.bin` `c6bf78478c9c4dd5b3b86554d34c78f847f70af4118f9ff083c1fccf0e8e932b`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x1A9A	97 bytes
`font_01_type1_off00001d21.bin` `b749644b3e758e7335900ab2e7499eaa64b3a946849f1f8a0948287bdd96763d`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x1D21	144 bytes

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