Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 566da14a41c45cf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.2 KB
MD5: 645387b0496ced1b5dbb8756a2f4e18c SHA-1: 07c6c82dba8ad95b3d1d0910ad2d70d02f51d943 SHA-256: 566da14a41c45cf0d5ea546090fe041f9b6018e0528693d0c32e1c4dc0cb3e47
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including embedded JavaScript and RichMedia (Flash) content. A ClamAV heuristic specifically flags it as obfuscated malware. The embedded artifact 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' and the presence of Flash content suggest an attempt to execute arbitrary code or exploit vulnerabilities. The reconstructed string 'GyCaforo.swf' is also identified as an embedded artifact.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
3c07341efcd2a9d53b6d211b402fc03412f00b386f852b25c9f4f8252950364f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x154 4126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).