Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ef877f87ecd1490…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.2 KB
MD5: 4b3dd0593a39efc972f58fbba69a426b SHA-1: 46d942ae65ca7de17aede763cdc65daa8a044af5 SHA-256: 2ef877f87ecd14906cbba6a977a8619346cc088bad440f58d008600c9f6134d0
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further suggests malicious intent. While the document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, the presence of JavaScript points towards an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The embedded URLs, though mostly benign or unknown, are part of the document's structure.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
251a895f701620fdffd3446e7023e31af97102d12148d6f2364a29b44f9dfde9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA1D4 3638 bytes