Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 578739e6bac5ca1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.8 KB Created: 2011-01-31 13:10:25 +02:00 Authoring application: One Stop Loan Shop (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 0c28db405841aefd151c4679fdbcf0d6 SHA-1: 94708386241fc95a6a2f7fd9a73b23a28e85280a SHA-256: 578739e6bac5ca1a01c76581c13b716c1f91ba74a8657cd1489e0e3c9a8cf2cd
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of unescape() calls and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS flagging suggests obfuscated malicious JavaScript. The extracted artifacts javascript_obj0027_000.js and javascript_obj0027_001.js are likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. The ML classifier's high score strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0027_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x938E 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).
javascript_obj0027_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x938E 134 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).