Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4232e10ae602dbc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.7 KB
MD5: 4169964cea143f38e98f7892f88c3fa8 SHA-1: 59154f54dad6556a594f4a6ded63fb2faf93dcfd SHA-256: 4232e10ae602dbc15ae87396f6f438b6a15726e5d6cd07220ccad10549518fcd
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0017_000.js', contains obfuscated code with eval() calls, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. An embedded SWF file, 'exploit.swf', was also found, further supporting the exploit-based attack vector.

Heuristics 6

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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
09da31fcb002129249bb529a7f84709739a96f62781db5f4c6d9bf6e4308eb15
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4D1 102 bytes
javascript_obj0017_000.js
1c8d8945ca0300a369c2f7e7ef3e85ee8c1275858a210a5befeb3a100ec5c1e8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x5EB 1756 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).