Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 275d09bcfd4634c0…

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: aa822743d9d8e8349f52eb242f19ca56 SHA-1: ffee842dc8f7765c8ab7537a9814fccc082a6c9b SHA-256: 275d09bcfd4634c0211aba68842c3c26ee482a85c3750bef73f8a4eb3e7f4849
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to download and execute further malicious content. The large size of the embedded JavaScript stream suggests complex malicious functionality.

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
7f32975a0c0707dcda562c0c5993c6826b2f21e3d3ded58007d89e2908705fee
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45613 bytes