Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3058fc81111950c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.4 KB Created: 2010-09-16 18:55:19 Authoring application: Tolhipezorojpagiwaqo (via e17b5Seueganadazaqeav)
MD5: a8b3e63c9b7e4ee9e25a68bf643fbb40 SHA-1: fe5656882f6b1dec4c40027a501f612ea888fa17 SHA-256: 3058fc81111950c0a97ea40398e9ea6d7162500824c6cfb00169c68afa0c7a08
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for obfuscated objects and a high ML classifier score, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript, specifically a 2332-byte stream, strongly suggests that the document is designed to execute malicious code. This script likely acts as a downloader for a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for initial access and further system compromise. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript and the PDF structure points towards an attempt to evade detection.

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 1 related finding 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
e2d41866c9fb013feb60cefe8b41892c7277decb0774febb940ce493b1221654
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1387 2332 bytes