Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07c8e58e10736c6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.8 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: lice (via ubst)
MD5: 193dbbfb1fabbe9ae5369af3f711011a SHA-1: 002808b97e6145bb9fd5d4f0c52308764b9bb1fd SHA-256: 07c8e58e10736c6e9f46db7ce2b5e3c6c8d581a774ae4d8bcba18c343d606748
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics and a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94'. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but its presence and the ML classifier's high confidence indicate it is designed to exploit a vulnerability and execute malicious code. The primary function of the script appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection name.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
607e7ad469e8be7f3eb21403544e47b713eb0803b0f76bb64a5647b0a92e69d5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x94B 53919 bytes