Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2479ef7863e0ec38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.3 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: 920cb326f26a0a24d40dc06b7479421b SHA-1: 22c098c8fe2f3a09edeb81b951dbdaf619c74bc6 SHA-256: 2479ef7863e0ec38f208426c1e99c7ced67279ff9d3c0e4808ddc634a8655109
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. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' strongly suggests this JavaScript is used to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The large size of the embedded JavaScript object (45685 bytes) further supports the likelihood of it containing exploit code designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The document body content appears to be metadata and copyright information, offering no direct clues to the lure.

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
624e5b7e3620ce78a8c7d570137e8404f863a7e2300fc15e85d638e289f1c781
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 45685 bytes