PDF malware analysis — malicious · eced5984a18c059d

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.9 KB

MD5: a6589e3d542f1c21f5851aca41de1c2b SHA-1: 8697dee6c51e5eeea8954df0cc3db5a0247a6783 SHA-256: eced5984a18c059d13c07a2a7475300e10927986620f8b069989b821a3535b16

216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, specifically triggering the CVE-2011-2462 U3D heap spray vulnerability. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, and the presence of JavaScript indicates a likely attempt to download and execute a secondary payload. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 8

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.
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0015_000.js` `a869a8e3e0c26df5c3fe253d8667de0075734923f47d53c0d8ec0b5c7cbb9888`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 15 at offset 0x7D6	3702 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`u3d_00_off000003cb.bin` `db47f9e6c2fa22cca9aaaaba842bc1035f54c0acd3737dbd64b69dc1671da5eb`	pdf-3d-stream	PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x3CB	1268 bytes

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