Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0577cda90bd96f0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.4 KB
MD5: 31c85f7a9ff53e9f568d2fc4d04a1a76 SHA-1: 0eb9bbed20aaa824795206c880efc04982a46b2d SHA-256: 0577cda90bd96f0d4255c50bd300296444956f29e9e1d4b875be38fb35c4ee1f
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object, both of which are commonly used to exploit vulnerabilities and deliver malicious payloads. The embedded JavaScript is obfuscated but likely responsible for initiating the exploit chain. The extracted SWF file, detected by ClamAV as a potential exploit kit component, is the likely second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9945

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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
QQEQeJiQqAdFjx.swf
82959a74bd2f365dbaff0af8a126e8d6efed63f658723f179f7020ea3628ed8b
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x1312 27931 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Swf.Exploit.Kit-513
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
2ebfdc562bb56ec334f2f831b2eda3bfc725c8217d8b41c121ce98f47b3bc8eb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x12E 3296 bytes