Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21d78c71d08d0449…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.1 KB Authoring application: Wezolokofecpo (via c3606Nworeticakebi)
MD5: 9f4a41b3a47f289b35fa502d65e475a1 SHA-1: cf092bd95c089f362b2c054af8a65601f3f64a9b SHA-256: 21d78c71d08d04499cd227cde2ee2bfc7017593b3152d6ae0ed1490e7f64d97f
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for obfuscated objects and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified as 'pdf-javascript-stream', strongly suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0011_000.js
437a5d40b54247c17dfb3ac60e39d3ecfad672a269694af1851a077d9726a8d2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1342 2272 bytes