Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3336c7be053c62d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

429.0 KB Created: 2009-08-06 08:45:36 -03:00
MD5: bd87ef0734278b8a18e64f661caffd51 SHA-1: 9bf7223dae318c1c20e192a5bce41693a5c80aa3 SHA-256: 3336c7be053c62d1e1dd36bcb31068b031af4c666e8d9269d0a5f1a198cd0772
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript, a Flash object, and decompressed streams. The presence of `unescape()` calls and the ML classifier's high confidence score suggest active obfuscation and malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript and Flash content are likely used to execute arbitrary code or exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 8

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
  • PDF paints image(s) but contains no text operators info PDF_IMAGE_ONLY_LURE
    PDF has 1 image XObject(s) and the content stream contains no text-emitting operators (BT/ET, Tj, TJ, ', ") in either raw bytes or decompressed streams — this is the screenshot-as-PDF pattern used to bypass text-based scanners and to deliver instructions purely through rendered pixels. It is informational unless paired with invisible links or risky URI context.
  • 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.
  • 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://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
opening_animation.swf
d04331f429e99986b93b458669feef032ef55d0f5bad422e7c27627e1c63ece6
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 29 at offset 0x55DC0 1165 bytes
javascript_obj0040_000.js
29fa8938ad180ed3f1018f40b9e3dd1e0f1135f00700f4c0c1cd8003f2190dd9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 40 at offset 0x56902 2840 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
stream_010_off00056547.bin
dd4a08ef95b64758a8ea6d5cb2ee744c41706311e6c4cc18f2a8acf7ad6568d3
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x56547 445 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_011_off000566e3.bin
8caf59e19b5aa422782f2760efb67ed56789c31f766a552ec882a6f4142c0da4
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x566E3 446 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_012_off0005680d.bin
b7a35940215241b3b15ea9604abd063e0c1bf5c9390bf6603b064abc7698ae06
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5680D 445 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).