Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 240a3749b1e19702…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 4a52516b3b97527b9a5cab9976c7aeeb SHA-1: ba9afe055fa13d3b866f6e7a698f0d171f728aa5 SHA-256: 240a3749b1e19702787d7e993abc0a08bfecd23e38a822f1ac53874086f3e431
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' strongly suggests this is a known malicious PDF exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for triggering the exploit, aiming to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
0b0c9a98c1f1da880bc2b935c2baf036211299cc0a7dc123a85c8a5635ed0d66
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45557 bytes