Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5697d982659f655d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.0 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via ubst)
MD5: e052bb816b94471c0129582f84f86ce4 SHA-1: 49bbf4eb2a45ce01db8e62ff6ae9cda5add107be SHA-256: 5697d982659f655d3b5f1947044ab361c998856d1569571e64e8127e249c63de
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to download and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The document body content is not indicative of a specific lure, so the rationale is based on the exploit and script execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
64f21f7e82ff7301253e76527707f90b11c44b6ab5f401f80e97050514e46637
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 50419 bytes