Malicious PDF / .S00 — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d578f8c5e7d477d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .S00

45.8 KB
MD5: bdd047b47fd00fa400b6a21de48c0104 SHA-1: aff45935d28d666094b0f7e285d7747dc969bab7 SHA-256: d578f8c5e7d477d2fc9f70f1a56980ae65b8aae27a87724502778fc9eaae8e64
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED heuristics. The JavaScript stream was found to be deobfuscated and contains calls to unescape(), suggesting it's designed to decode and execute malicious code. The U3D content is also flagged as CVE-related, pointing to exploitability. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the deobfuscated JavaScript.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0009_000.js
5390dbdaf0e0bdf0ce5e50e4abc04e9d78eba1f277cec36a1d554b89ac6b1d04
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x48C2 442 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
1815fb528e50b460d65ab8a211711db9f49abf89b78021a645c5b9d20e336e90
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1D6B 13110 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).
u3d_00_off00004af5.bin
a96e1fca2499edf504d3934052ca1fc338d4b4898a65e6a361937ed1ba0dc0fe
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x4AF5 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.