Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a76510f3b8015df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.5 KB Authoring application: Jgaxivakafowizasi (via e0b79Uohosicilab)
MD5: e4f41ec4bf189db20e4cd7b0753249d2 SHA-1: c343fb3772bd17df7817ddeb7eeeaf635d83dee6 SHA-256: 2a76510f3b8015df51d2dbde1d737d179572a1e3cf20007639372a2eddc50338
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code. While the document body is unreadable, the combination of these factors points to a malicious PDF designed to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0011_000.js
c35f939b8b08b4458e4f2307d4bfd0afc23546c955e11c1da88e87302e40c9b0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1358 3029 bytes