Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 594eaa75e1ba2842…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.0 KB
MD5: e7262b8c8aac94d2bd3f617abe9f3870 SHA-1: 9c59467f35f8afb374f354eb670978c1f3f61b64 SHA-256: 594eaa75e1ba2842a673378fb26fe4a24a80ffc0367e9a554140a376b64d47de
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating the presence of malicious content. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further stages of malware. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0012_000.js', is the primary indicator of malicious activity. The exact payload and delivery mechanism are not fully discernible due to potential obfuscation, but the overall pattern suggests a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9579

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
aaec24f8775aa17410303658fee9d32952b06a5028e70dddbd06f1dab749bdb0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA1FD 2617 bytes