Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddbf1bdf3d4afed2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

343.2 KB
MD5: 8808805c76fd76a5cdb6a17a54ba3c48 SHA-1: 2f2db797d8fc2232cdaa536ac42208a6aeb21537 SHA-256: ddbf1bdf3d4afed20f51b26e935377e43119c0ab411ee4ffdc14590cf44e88f1
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and U3D/3D content, with heuristics indicating a CVE-related vulnerability exploitation. The JavaScript stream, specifically the `unescape()` call, suggests an attempt to decode and execute malicious code. This points to a likely attack pattern involving exploiting a PDF reader vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution, potentially leading to the download of further payloads.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • PRC/3D content in PDF high CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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. (matched inside decoded 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One 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://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_017_off0001d0e0.bin
0c0c8bcab7b22b110679534c96c266c1faeada4906eefa81768876e49a264150
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D0E0 1994998 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
objstm_0016_00.bin
5ed559d3704a7e5aaa910788859d19bb3e02ccebd0173cd8f1e18ee6b584bc06
pdf-objstm-decoded PDF /ObjStm 16 0 obj (inflated) 3648 bytes
prc_00_off0000c1bc.bin
03c670f0c42733ada9a3eca79ce9eb5212e4a039c509cd586be81a509cfa2fc3
pdf-3d-stream PDF PRC 3D stream at offset 0xC1BC 69337 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.