Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 382ee39463c7d055…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.0 KB Created: 2012-09-11 16:55:32 +04:00 Authoring application: Wordpress.com (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: e18d3dd79fda1b9c96e8057d10321c71 SHA-1: d4e4aaf42d513db715b88bda163516e4ff5798f0 SHA-256: 382ee39463c7d0554705fa2a014ee636730ba6e14b6ce8302e2835a4e809ca9f
68 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contained embedded JavaScript. Heuristics indicate obfuscation and suspicious extracted artifacts, suggesting the script's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body was unreadable, preventing further analysis of its lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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
b549138dc1b00ea70ede2671460e6cd42d9e1c3bb812bf9653550df0951c4991
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0x9BA4 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_off000013a9.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x13A9 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000041bb.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x41BB 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00006ffb.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6FFB 18720 bytes