Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9eec67a8ce586866…

MALICIOUS

PDF

502.8 KB
MD5: f00dfe4139e18c2ce771675a82c9f2e4 SHA-1: b38b3e049feb1ea93d32d57ddd9d93bc47973c09 SHA-256: 9eec67a8ce5868661cba59c0be773fc77e0af610eb42ed2a9e6dc9a9af2f3392
376 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object, triggering critical heuristics for CVE-2011-2462 exploit and RichMedia parsing. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of a secondary embedded PDF with similar suspicious findings reinforces the malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate this is a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 10

  • Adobe Reader U3D/RichMedia parser exploit critical CVE likely CVE_2011_2462_RICHMEDIA_U3D
    PDF combines U3D stream markers with RichMedia and JavaScript/XFA activation surfaces. This is the U3D RichMedia exploit document shape associated with CVE-2011-2462, even though the U3D marker is not exposed through the canonical /Subtype /U3D dictionary.
  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
  • 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.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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
zVGWPnPsl.swf
ae13437efad4e3a4f03cb0339d03b7d795966b217d30a540767c4ae26f402285
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x146D 26774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
15689f302e582c730e2957af9f693527bed5d4b0c0400330afa9ba85ee307ff3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x13C 12114 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).
polyglot_child_pdf_off000748e0.pdf
1a6680d1fc92463ff3785c6d92ec8a5a6b1798722e1986bd89fadc1455661f33
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x748E0 37419 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely