Malware Insights
The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a secondary embedded PDF, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EMBEDDED, PDF_RICHMEDIA, and POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE. The presence of these elements suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The unescape() call is a common obfuscation technique used in malicious JavaScript. While no specific URLs were found to be malicious, the embedded artifacts themselves are the primary indicators of malicious intent.
Heuristics 8
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Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGEA 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.
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RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIAPDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector (matched inside decoded stream)
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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload (matched inside decoded stream)
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
Extracted artifacts 8
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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stream_002_off00000372.bin55f236f1c4d58c6964105739e21feda827cd42e12ec2b7a86fcd00a7fd353044 |
decompressed-pdf-stream | PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x372 | 3386 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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stream_017_off0002a04d.bin46aeadb4257e2e4657991b724f51324220589a041ec0f066dd3375f0c30355a0 |
decompressed-pdf-stream | PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2A04D | 31224 bytes |
objstm_0015_00.bincbd11d2ce487f41cb2e696adc35306d2f3d38b7de6eab25b0e0d07f05d693f12 |
pdf-objstm-decoded | PDF /ObjStm 15 0 obj (inflated) | 912 bytes |
font_00_sfnt_off0001fea2.bind62e575766511e99d5a311f1cfd4cadd3a7816e5e4def0f89a1d632de2bb8184 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FEA2 | 6220 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off0002102d.bin287d1d92a883288786fe56b9de80e975e4f707afd44cdefa370d553af9193a4f |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2102D | 70924 bytes |
font_03_sfnt_off0002e66d.bin450ec3d59a56c6dff4e134c6c5b0b09c74458b20e3de0fef23d0a4e9482f2ece |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2E66D | 21100 bytes |
polyglot_child_pdf_off00017baf.pdf50299ff8f61479e96a598dc067cd20094fed94cd6b4c18783400786094be0ab2 |
polyglot-child-pdf | Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x17BAF | 110905 bytes |
polyglot_child_pdf_off000314fb.pdf0b1c923c8a0028794f3a3244dc498786746334f394e41678cc58ffbeb707d0a8 |
polyglot-child-pdf | Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x314FB | 6125 bytes |
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