Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b2c6f6fb1ac904f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.1 KB Authoring application: Favib rela (via Pipnolpamok)
MD5: 1f59cf8402737efb98b202945fa8cde2 SHA-1: ab49fa31f41249935a017aa4cc9b568ca0156fe3 SHA-256: 6b2c6f6fb1ac904f6a3eddb93e204009b7ed0d1991925b5e1dbbd68d384adb98
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics and ClamAV detections. The JavaScript code appears to be obfuscated but is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'Pdf.Dropper' and 'Pdf.Exploit' ClamAV signatures. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7005306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7005306-0
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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_obj0015_000.js
d2679f3f15d6e025ee8c17fa18b94c5a0f309ff0925fe97138da94e5b5bbdf34
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 15 at offset 0x1281 1504 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36174
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely