Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 320891f8ddae40b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.6 KB Created: 2012-10-18 03:22:25 +04:00 Authoring application: http://www.instructables.com (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 19c3a9895836277501b9cc7feaffda01 SHA-1: 7458d72406cd19106b4db20476736cb5927e1921 SHA-256: 320891f8ddae40b2e57112981a4b375f745d0039e4c660dff7add226f0c9c4a2
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contained heuristics indicating JavaScript obfuscation. An embedded JavaScript file was extracted, which likely serves to download and execute a secondary payload. The specific intent of the script could not be fully determined due to obfuscation, but its presence strongly suggests a malicious download and execution chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0029_000.js
8139b0ff1cb1654f40fa2e0f4917ed84cccbab34fc1337b3c5ec2c588eb4b083
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0xA2CB 130 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_off00001ac7.bin
dcd1ba64d747e0bf0b9b8ecc270a7bea07ca4cd5917a768cd217f1d51287033b
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1AC7 17772 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000048e2.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x48E2 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007722.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7722 18720 bytes