Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e34e7affd9007472…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.5 KB
MD5: eb8c5fc7fbcbb3145193330f1966a68d SHA-1: 902d5380ecdb5852dbed529f20451da3b4a41396 SHA-256: e34e7affd900747247ccb6defadd7d5dff12718442346e3cc7766788d9879181
248 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, triggering critical heuristics related to CVE-2011-2462, a known heap spray exploit targeting Adobe Reader's U3D parser. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for the heap spray and subsequent arbitrary code execution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 7

  • Adobe Reader U3D parser exploit with JavaScript heap spray critical CVE likely CVE_2011_2462_U3D_HEAPSPRAY
    PDF combines U3D/3D annotation content with JavaScript heap-spray shellcode. Public CVE-2011-2462 exploit chains use a crafted U3D stream and JavaScript heap spray to control memory during Adobe Reader's U3D parser corruption.
  • 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
2bea727e4ca19b2cf4cf49ac1ee50801180cc2980d001a986c85eb6ff83499ff
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF 4589 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 0x13AF 58 bytes