Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 261114ac10e13c82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

798 B
MD5: 03e65fbf5abb5b72b365390006ae5646 SHA-1: eb3ed678113382c3132fdf5eec0b56baa4e234bb SHA-256: 261114ac10e13c822db223436db7de9e3a90d3790e6b543733f9a9a57eb867e8
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The PDF file contains a launch action that executes cmd.exe. This command attempts to create a VBScript file named 'm.vbs' by concatenating strings, which is then likely intended to be executed. The script itself is not fully extracted but the launch action and embedded URL strongly suggest a downloader or dropper functionality. The reconstructed command line is: cmd /c echo B="m.vbs":With CreateObject(StrReverse("PTTHLMX.2LMXSM" "Scripting.FileSystemObject" A.GetSpecialFolder(2 "WScript.Shell" 2.

Heuristics 4

  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream high PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain script execution markers such as ActiveXObject/CreateObject, WScript.Shell, PowerShell, or shell-exec primitives. This is stronger than ordinary PDF JavaScript because it indicates a staged external script payload hidden in stream bytes.
  • /Launch action target: cmd high PDF_LAUNCH_COMMAND
    PDF /Launch action specifies an executable target with parameters '/c echo B="m.vbs":With CreateObject(StrReverse("PTTHLMX.2LMXSM"'.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://82.146.44.90/f/tmp/m.vbs

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_0000006f.bin
ad55c8e83a5896a04b2012c676820daeab2b84cc539e444c6366e79f55a571c5
pdf-embedded-script PDF decompressed stream script payload at offset 0x6F 63 bytes