Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a93d47017fde6dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 075af38de69774e6b0291a463b311a23 SHA-1: 4b6b7cb170bcfccc02edcdded8748f083de2507d SHA-256: 4a93d47017fde6dcdae0e491331eb9fc67626b4862beaf3dd9e60715ff475c64
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' and a high ML score. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams within the PDF structure. This suggests the file is designed to exploit a vulnerability to run malicious JavaScript, which is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
f93eeb6e1531be5d7e57b276fea59b7a48a581250180278971cb8c40341df395
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45585 bytes