Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77d85ef437096d30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.1 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: lice (via ubst)
MD5: cb94efd1f02c318c674d7ab434007f5c SHA-1: 0c5e197b3dfcad564bfdc7ca328a79fee563987e SHA-256: 77d85ef437096d300413ed1deaed5ea7d27a6a1a9229263ca28be79dc5f77431
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 is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for malware delivery. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness.

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
5355a5983c502b9d1548fa143339da566e659ef0855a8cba26bce7730b76ea05
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x955 50573 bytes