Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cc29167f0aa6794…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.0 KB Created: 2011-02-02 19:25:37 +02:00 Authoring application: Laptop Wiki (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: e708b546ab4c22fba00af997974d39fc SHA-1: 32e5665acc3da83fadf50ad813afd5c9435134f6 SHA-256: 1cc29167f0aa679492210f26dd855fe23774253c343bcf3c410d149753613959
68 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contained embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0040_000.js', exhibits obfuscation indicators. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, contributing to the overall malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8564

Heuristics 3

  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0040_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 40 at offset 0xDF16 136 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 hex-escaped blob(s).
stream_005_off000024b7.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x24B7 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000052c9.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x52C9 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00008109.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8109 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000b396.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB396 18756 bytes