Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44ba6834c0b0e5ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.3 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 7f68097590aeee59c685f307cbc3e744 SHA-1: a98d03c9264445ed59030f3484eeaf8b41f1c941 SHA-256: 44ba6834c0b0e5ad1fa800f5924c4ab4d7a7372b80970574435fbbd7504c7a8c
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' strongly suggests this is a known malicious PDF exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for triggering the exploit and potentially downloading a second-stage payload, although the script content itself was not provided for detailed analysis. The file's metadata indicates it was created using Acrobat PDFMaker, a common tool for generating PDFs from other Office documents.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
4d13ab2e29f2eeec311093eba01471f3ad9683c6a2ff88aa9ea71deaa6218a3b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45696 bytes