Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47ca99844118de8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.1 KB
MD5: 3e74d981d176c127c32747338ada108d SHA-1: c5eaee81bcf848d5fed4f6dc226385c7e82a66ba SHA-256: 47ca99844118de8ff989d85843b7567cc25817ed2bbf6bcf196619a8bce8becd
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded 'javascript_obj0017_000.js' file and the 'exploit.swf' artifact are suspicious. The JavaScript uses an unescape() call, a common technique for obfuscating malicious code. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, contributing to the malicious verdict.

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
f120021ba6b8eb4f30feccfcbb425d648b71e9ea2e28de6f0a0809d5b871c583
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4D4 1646 bytes
javascript_obj0017_000.js
8bb72edfd76c83353fe8757b0a04c58de346ee2731911218acce0c3a0e651d4f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0xBF6 1697 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).