Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20b25494f9d0b507…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.2 KB Created: 2010-02-17 18:25:38 Authoring application: Xoxhapeqes
MD5: 696b7b6d2423fc759234af3892bddaa3 SHA-1: 9406d9612a6405b95d6316ada56a39ea9e55e2a5 SHA-256: 20b25494f9d0b50713f0b62ad0c14422b21334167fbd99a6649e5f9aeeb2f524
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7237961-0. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The extracted artifact javascript_obj0020_000.js is a JavaScript stream, suggesting it's part of the malicious functionality. The primary function of this script is likely to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the dropper classification.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7237961-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7237961-0
  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0020_000.js
3098a7afe9d4b0c096907ea68ae90cfaefdbcf91ef021373c6bb55e8f9552114
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x2B36 501 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).