Malicious PDF / .BIN — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8d406edf38bff57…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .BIN

44.0 KB
MD5: eb597f357a9fced70417827dbbc722bc SHA-1: 3049e5a0a8f85d950bbb58b73548bca16271b16f SHA-256: b8d406edf38bff576b0e0cc213a82972cc2262ec774738e6d930f6264a6fb19e
194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. The 'PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED' heuristic suggests exploitation of a vulnerability in Adobe Reader's 3D parsing. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated using 'eval()' and 'unescape()', making its exact function difficult to determine, but it is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple obfuscated JavaScript streams and a U3D exploit reference points to a sophisticated attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
93f3fdceb942579280d3f196f445d15453064a5ad968d92ae645d590c8b83fa8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19C 166 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
f5f7c2ca2210ca1376286188d28ba02c5e74cf7dab71913241e000ddf5182d7e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x29F 22812 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
deobfuscated.js
966684770c6da2f6eba0be0f18040c2d0c193059e20ea111bad5cbb1438a6f5a
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 230311 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
u3d_00_off000043aa.bin
70cf2aead4823e6d2651c9281eed0aa967449da358f439efb9e8e707421175e0
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x43AA 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.