Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71d3cc7c906017d4…

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: 673cc89b36cd687af3e9b080f2d32eae SHA-1: b33646a6ac104d6ae06ce0ad2e837e1c9f0d03b0 SHA-256: 71d3cc7c906017d41c6901a57df3d185429df3a811a0d5526ab0e874689c4c1c
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 machine learning classifier. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' strongly indicates malicious intent, likely involving the execution of a dropped payload. The JavaScript code is heavily obfuscated but appears to be responsible for downloading and executing this payload, aligning with common exploit document techniques.

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
74d9f8d73556bcc72e33b71768ffa4115b3a94fb1e5ac501c1c91da3573f3fa5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99A 50785 bytes