Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 547db0dd3ad893ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.5 KB Authoring application: Jgaxivakafowizasi (via 8437fUohosicilab)
MD5: cb467cd421efd0a7c803cd5a11309232 SHA-1: dee330a59a0298305fad4dc73f2feb880749a291 SHA-256: 547db0dd3ad893ff0f1b4fb0b6c3e8db24b2b7403cd3b57bc51097783fcd52bb
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing malicious code, potentially downloading further payloads or exploiting vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The obfuscated nature of the document body and the specific ClamAV detection (Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject) suggest an attempt to evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0011_000.js
c35f939b8b08b4458e4f2307d4bfd0afc23546c955e11c1da88e87302e40c9b0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1358 3029 bytes