Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60000c5090a27b2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.4 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via ubst)
MD5: 0300161a3e68e396dfc5d3f9335514a9 SHA-1: 515ca9e41b9cd8fbeea07fa11a9734314734b343 SHA-256: 60000c5090a27b2bcc8eaeec8b570b41556cddd8d5bdad1854050b8375130920
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a critical ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94). The JavaScript appears to be heavily obfuscated but is designed to execute code, likely downloading a secondary payload. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. Given the nature of the exploit and the embedded script, the most probable initial access vector is spearphishing.

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
d5ed0fa6a2ac64370070d8059b705717b6620e010b666dc23a49689ee98a90d5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 50813 bytes