Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bfdc54788c29d51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.1 KB
MD5: 93e5d23f501fd331a6f5589f3d33ceae SHA-1: 21a9ef149154d3da7f3e75f1638f6af29c25ed88 SHA-256: 3bfdc54788c29d514580f9c04313b669e82993ff13eb75e7e8c504bc9694b9f1
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The presence of `unescape()` and JavaScript streams, along with an embedded SWF file, strongly suggests the execution of malicious code. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0017_000.js', is likely responsible for triggering the exploit and potentially downloading further malicious content.

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
exploit.swf
304d1394e305490c14daf0db898b4218265314e2b48bce25d62c2636658244e4
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x48C 3764 bytes
javascript_obj0017_000.js
8eca89d8ba6e05341cab405be7afbaad22ca6cec35b6077639ff64105a9887c8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x13F4 1674 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).