Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c7b2b14f988a017…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 01cd0851825e920668b26f33bc25cafd SHA-1: 4d7f1832d5d2957311998feb70eb791b9ccf0768 SHA-256: 6c7b2b14f988a0178d18e3495b03fc1f5260b4c1be4dc109c054aec9f4cf2156
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. ClamAV also detected it as malware. The JavaScript is likely responsible for executing a malicious payload, a common technique for PDF-based attacks. The presence of JavaScript points to T1059.007, and the likely delivery method is T1566.001.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.