Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4591878978b708f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

56.0 KB Created: 2011-01-14 00:19:26 +02:00 Authoring application: http://google.wiki.usfca.edu/ (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: c8230e325ba63a8a172f32b11288d6d9 SHA-1: 7df742e5aea5c7afb2373da287b6155c40155e30 SHA-256: 4591878978b708f99f040ae357ebd760855fb4d4088d863d78775dc5e4b51b72
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with a high score. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0036_000.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to exploit vulnerabilities or download further payloads. The presence of JavaScript actions within the PDF structure strongly suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9174

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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0036_000.js
a2620a0be21a26956e8296a3c8163c8c260cb6a920586f15a19c6e170ac30940
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xD830 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_off00001d96.bin
005f42ed7f25857e0734d229bee0efaeaeadb2c8d44e8842d9db0bab652d6854
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D96 17896 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004be4.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4BE4 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007a24.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7A24 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000acb1.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xACB1 18756 bytes