Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26cd71b9562f5a29…

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: 01e4f504d3a9be6715e0552ae16d9709 SHA-1: 9ed07b5969eaf41dad1a23792bec4129fb832afa SHA-256: 26cd71b9562f5a294ce223fdb9b7d9f11c55168d5485bd63ae6d801150b75834
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. ClamAV identifies it as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94, indicating it's a known exploit dropper. The embedded JavaScript, which is substantial in size, is the likely mechanism for delivering the exploit and subsequent payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
bce8de22ff79ed6eb76f6f95af561b273bf8a6f69c0767b6d912d8a4a4d5e43f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45555 bytes