Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da22db75d4c60eff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.5 KB
MD5: 637308ab696aaa8d4de92e5f1f14000a SHA-1: ca6919a2151f5da2879c3a7b469e56e99dcd6b41 SHA-256: da22db75d4c60eff382510bbc3a8d1da20f6063f9014feec0ec421395af82b66
194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers an OpenAction, indicating malicious intent. A critical heuristic firing for CVE-2010-2883 (Adobe Reader CoolType SING font exploit) strongly suggests this vulnerability is being leveraged. The embedded JavaScript, likely obfuscated, is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as evidenced by the 'PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD' heuristic. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and a PDF_JAVASCRIPT action further supports this attack vector.

Heuristics 9

  • Adobe Reader CoolType SING font exploit — CVE-2010-2883 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_2883
    PDF embeds a TrueType/OpenType font with an actual SING table and pairs it with JavaScript heap-spray shellcode. This matches the public Adobe Reader CoolType SING exploit shape for CVE-2010-2883.
  • OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION
    PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
7f9de3e72b9dd7c3445131443c6aee54b79866aa1adaa8040509a864354d1953
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA 4515 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_002_off0000b4b5.js
d1dfd457a2fdd3cec4091f689f39b85b35666aa5599ef3a8d5f9a80d1e2ce105
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xB4B5 1042 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off000016ff.bin
a0ff65dacea5001326fa0ae5032b805f5f8b293f0c7ee5d436656c515636e683
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16FF 65932 bytes
font_01_type1_off0000b956.bin
c6bf78478c9c4dd5b3b86554d34c78f847f70af4118f9ff083c1fccf0e8e932b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0xB956 97 bytes
font_02_type1_off0000bbde.bin
b749644b3e758e7335900ab2e7499eaa64b3a946849f1f8a0948287bdd96763d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0xBBDE 144 bytes