Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2952b7ff353603e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.3 KB Created: 2011-01-24 17:02:05 +02:00 Authoring application: Us Loan (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 62fb04ac2aff129fdeb0f7dff957b8ad SHA-1: fc1848b303b620b4bae1a28ce6b13740168985e7 SHA-256: 2952b7ff353603e5773e0ac243fa5751337971bbc90fe58ebeaccc5bd4029246
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of unescape() calls and obfuscated script content suggests an attempt to hide malicious functionality. The extracted JavaScript files, javascript_obj0020_000.js and javascript_obj0020_001.js, are likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. The overall pattern points to a malicious document designed to deliver further malware.

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0020_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x6188 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
javascript_obj0020_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x6188 134 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).