Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e203d8e4de703a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

56.0 KB Created: 2011-01-14 00:19:33 +02:00 Authoring application: http://google.wiki.usfca.edu/ (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 0a68c64f5e619d015e20dc36e6f209f5 SHA-1: 1acc8c6562a60ff4a03764a3aca3efc2cde9f1ec SHA-256: 2e203d8e4de703a77c24d1a7f980cd3ea6f8c1472ae99a3be2469a98b2a3f6ae
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with a high score. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0036_000.js', shows signs of obfuscation and hex escape sequences, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues about the lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9041

Heuristics 3

  • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0036_000.js
a2620a0be21a26956e8296a3c8163c8c260cb6a920586f15a19c6e170ac30940
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xD804 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).
stream_003_off00001d9d.bin
dcd1ba64d747e0bf0b9b8ecc270a7bea07ca4cd5917a768cd217f1d51287033b
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D9D 17772 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004bb8.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4BB8 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000079f8.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x79F8 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000ac85.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAC85 18756 bytes