PDF malware analysis — malicious · d48e8576d31d3f44

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.2 KB

MD5: 5eb79c2d154193447adcd78f8ec128ed SHA-1: 95b0d5b505f8ae81eae9e75b8b09ce8b7bd29e34 SHA-256: d48e8576d31d3f4448e89bece86bcd43977466bd7e8f0d56036b9d47c07243e8

106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified as a multi-stage dropper. This script is designed to deobfuscate and execute further stages, likely downloading and running a malicious payload. The presence of U3D content and various PDF-specific primitives further indicates a malicious intent to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver malware. The deobfuscated JavaScript files are key artifacts of this multi-stage process.

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.
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 3 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_dashed_payload, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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)
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_obj0005_000.js` `8c65bfb370d7bf87a49e768ed4d0b37b1abeed6b76c218597f0d1aa4b71efd8a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x14F	720 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `a2eae7c4099ae7d94b1383756e1a4759ecbf4a9d3613abe09a5fc7754209a409`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1D91	13608 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `9bb0880c38d916e60725c6ec3cbe12fe131a76d8c15429e44c42202ba0edd638`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	209157 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`u3d_00_off000044a1.bin` `fb27c6f6ffe2b08a88f79f344ef3cb4f85460ac81a062194b6fd84ab6e48b628`	pdf-3d-stream	PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x44A1	28021 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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