Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 223d3ddc417ad8cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

28.5 KB
MD5: 63f18b000c4736201ee3345b4ceef718 SHA-1: b85bbb64cb9c6c8b4da5cffa5abb0229e7bd5649 SHA-256: 223d3ddc417ad8cb385a98d7875ebe9e467988fff13233191dda4b891eab9ed3
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristic firings, including PDF_RICHMEDIA and PDF_EVAL, indicating the presence of potentially malicious content. An embedded JavaScript stream and a Flash object (SWF) were extracted, suggesting an attempt to execute code or exploit vulnerabilities. The ClamAV detection for 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports the malicious nature of the file. The presence of these embedded artifacts points towards a delivery mechanism for further malicious activity.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
KOuKWkxlCLGrA.swf
767382813fc770c9716554c3266b22eee1636037ca964af05acf6ff66db4a27d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x6D2 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
40f06266b77c058d7a6af1a11c7bd7992cb4e9c47061123e9798a7ab674c20ee
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x15B 150 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).