Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 556c426e352f328d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.9 KB
MD5: 1f832719e136c9bf60a49b3388f35262 SHA-1: 947d8821df1ada2496cc4a6fc3e75a318fa21a92 SHA-256: 556c426e352f328db84c394a6bcf69c73a0d680f8e06820be42e83744e3433a1
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of malicious intent, including obfuscated JavaScript and XFA form elements, as indicated by the ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject'. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code upon opening the document. While the specific payload is not immediately clear from the static analysis, the techniques employed are commonly used for delivering malware or phishing lures. The embedded URLs, though not definitively malicious, are associated with the document's structure.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
272a5cc9aad59ff3caea5b37224ec3cd2b17c5e7a2e2a4eb5ac00aad252febba
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA283 3092 bytes