Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bd50c4cd6f29367…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.9 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: lice (via ubst)
MD5: f61231213864bdd8ce12425123f05444 SHA-1: 3d9bd78e87a05d6c89caab397855b5089f0a10f0 SHA-256: 2bd50c4cd6f293679a108a6cc99327ed62878b638a7b203b8baa1fafdb2fea61
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94'. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is a common method for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing a malicious 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
b510597796a01b16788c05dc4858e2ea9eaa74b3ace0e73ec07e8f3d210da387
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x955 53967 bytes