Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 680a04f85fa9d7c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.8 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via ubst)
MD5: 3b19ef9abb4f9a69607d109e1481acb9 SHA-1: 3e76665e224cd73a51b18eb40dac48a6258a5748 SHA-256: 680a04f85fa9d7c098548c84e9382467fa6b4057219950e6e75a13f926bf1a67
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML score indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, is designed to execute code, likely downloading a secondary payload as suggested by the ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94'. The JavaScript code itself is heavily obfuscated, making precise analysis of its actions difficult, but its presence and the other indicators strongly suggest exploitation.

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
9cb902898476e472d278495d6e090121ba5a7ce8dd4b514e8e7fce43eb94dfd0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 50250 bytes