Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10197018a7e0c5ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.2 KB
MD5: c77f5c600221635346762cbcff010c75 SHA-1: fa8fee1500ebae0d16c7625a61672fb5823e0d1a SHA-256: 10197018a7e0c5ee6e0b2b1e479e09762b3eb40176c635a77ef29542aa166a47
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated but appears to be designed to load and execute an embedded SWF file. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of both JavaScript and an embedded SWF points to a multi-stage attack. The embedded SWF is the primary artifact, likely containing the final payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
TyPWoIJRMY.swf
767382813fc770c9716554c3266b22eee1636037ca964af05acf6ff66db4a27d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x11A2 26993 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
55b7ced36b08fad2e3aa1a8d7e2a8a990cd1d7ba5c11be5f2120302d620470b5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF9 3417 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
71327d7fa320432d02bef102091ac05fb3ace82a5690cfdb412bf7e9520b46af
deobfuscated-js split-join delimiter stripped JavaScript at offset 0xDA7 2087 bytes