Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f06f61b007eddf0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB
MD5: 77260ed392279ec907b2bcbf87973335 SHA-1: 88faa2c437fed91321282ead14fbe41ffcca9fe2 SHA-256: f06f61b007eddf0ea7aa1b03ee377203d32bfb9a72e5d28d6dcdf5efdb8a19af
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and U3D content, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATED heuristics. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. The primary attack vector appears to be the exploitation of vulnerabilities within the PDF reader or the execution of embedded scripts, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed 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.

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0005_000.js
dfdfe0d7b73487c0abe14417ba9740f644a5b02fb0b80d89fe07512b78f60fa3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x14F 478 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
40fec43c87519a84fdf063c44889bac4941dd87e79023966b9d12179dac18ff9
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1C56 12145 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
deobfuscated.js
6fc0032fa457c693f74932d42f89d0ccd73b5fe5140813ad848bd5c17dfdee55
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 285093 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
u3d_00_off000040fb.bin
fb27c6f6ffe2b08a88f79f344ef3cb4f85460ac81a062194b6fd84ab6e48b628
pdf-3d-stream PDF U3D 3D stream at offset 0x40FB 28021 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.79, consistent with packed or encrypted content.