Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c06a1844284cc00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.3 KB
MD5: c1dc086a1fd2947e9b32c5def8264da9 SHA-1: 490d12f2b7806623b7f7f7a43d6aeca739339cc9 SHA-256: 4c06a1844284cc00f9e112f1bab79b82e58310654d38850d23e23ab2f514a834
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object (TyPWoIJRMY.swf), indicated by multiple PDF-specific heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_RICHMEDIA, and PDF_EVAL. The embedded JavaScript, specifically 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', appears to be responsible for loading and executing the Flash content. This chain of execution is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to deliver secondary payloads.

Heuristics 6

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
TyPWoIJRMY.swf
767382813fc770c9716554c3266b22eee1636037ca964af05acf6ff66db4a27d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x11F5 26993 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
254cd507152e7092ace5565d467d37ae1d84c229ee35c9f4dbb9de748e3663dc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF9 3500 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
4a963521de868eb91f4584e29f6b56749f1c749d22b741f3048599c0ee65f80e
deobfuscated-js split-join delimiter stripped JavaScript at offset 0xDA7 2152 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).