Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de14297704948805…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.6 KB
MD5: 2715db1e91836f7bfd3a0876bb385eb6 SHA-1: f5c1bd4bdddc6a5ee545a1b76b7067df57f00095 SHA-256: de14297704948805d8048cc9c6b81cf09ac363b866447be7cd7377d964b4ebe5
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The presence of U3D content and a CVE-related indicator suggests exploitation of a vulnerability within Adobe Reader's 3D parsing capabilities. The unescape() function call further points to obfuscated JavaScript, which is likely used to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' reinforces the malicious nature of the file.

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.
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
7e3c52ab51b5c0f9b210f634425bb169c5e1687c20c06812b7cb8c9f64522f42
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF 3646 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0002_001.js
53ef3e86395c29047481d41061937b32759780f8b45be9739a0a576f50df45b1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 2 at offset 0xFBA 58 bytes