Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c312331b7233e9ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.7 KB
MD5: 69c63fedba318049eeca678a18eac6cb SHA-1: 6f39fc4f46d715bbe106a9e96a7441a0589f9cf0 SHA-256: c312331b7233e9eaece608ee1ef0b07587fd8d5c66feaad713233f97e4603b40
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is obfuscated and uses an unescape() call. This JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability related to U3D/3D content in Adobe Reader, indicated by the 'PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED' heuristic. The ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports the malicious nature of the file. The primary IOC is the extracted JavaScript file, which is expected to contain the exploit code.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
494695ada11b200f57995411b439068ff27ec9813546694667a4cae25370cb25
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF 1936 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).