Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c65ebeaea077474…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.3 KB
MD5: 7261fce00e4c3395b573ab85a0651535 SHA-1: 046950224d87327d744295c879bb67825c9da704 SHA-256: 2c65ebeaea0774744c32a2908f9f4151518a64df013217ecbffa4ecdf718655a
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object (SWF file), as indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_RICHMEDIA heuristics. The critical ClamAV detection and the presence of eval() calls suggest that the JavaScript is designed to execute malicious code. The embedded SWF file, ANChDCzpdMf.swf, is likely the next stage of the attack, potentially delivering a further payload. The extracted JavaScript files, javascript_obj0006_000.js and legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, are also considered IOCs.

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
ANChDCzpdMf.swf
c2b666a3ef4c191b77b78c037656e50477b8ba3d35fd61ae843a3a1f4d41c5c1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x130C 26774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
bfee5abcede55e2bf788c709ce74048af278da169138173c083e70714ed9751d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xEC 3825 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
fc06814507374a33e95795a0a0dc57ef6c901b24c8d74c13e259bd5d9e82006d
deobfuscated-js split-join delimiter stripped JavaScript at offset 0xDA2 2452 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).