Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 525ec4a34a52db8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.2 KB Created: 2012-09-11 16:55:34 +04:00 Authoring application: Wordpress.com (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: c97b94b5fcf7d7cadb1c72df528bcc31 SHA-1: 30eaad68f889a3a875bc8dd04c163c7a61e6111b SHA-256: 525ec4a34a52db8f36f334d6f3dd5fecbb5ad55993bcdf0ccc2947791a78fcc5
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contained embedded JavaScript. Heuristics indicate obfuscation and suspicious extracted artifacts, specifically a JavaScript file. The JavaScript action and embedded JS stream suggest the file's primary purpose is to execute malicious code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0029_000.js
b549138dc1b00ea70ede2671460e6cd42d9e1c3bb812bf9653550df0951c4991
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0x9C5E 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_off00001463.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1463 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004275.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4275 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000070b5.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x70B5 18720 bytes