Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 460ca0de0169d7a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.9 KB Created: 2010-12-07 23:33:26 +02:00 Authoring application: Working Capital Loans (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 19a0fddb4355626b71a7e02c78232bb1 SHA-1: 37686cb66f4546214e8b7d56cf10ed4a6c852553 SHA-256: 460ca0de0169d7a46454e2ea1376adfa6a9a36e2dccddf983ac5f92861e3418b
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript streams that are obfuscated using unescape() calls. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The presence of JavaScript actions and obfuscated scripts suggests the document's primary purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The extracted filenames 'javascript_obj0020_000.js' and 'javascript_obj0020_001.js' are included as IOCs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0020_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x63E4 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).
javascript_obj0020_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x63E4 134 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).