Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7820c3b3b0602b1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2018-09-06 12:26:04 +03:00 Authoring application: iTextSharp’ 5.5.10 ©2000-2016 iText Group NV (AGPL-version)
MD5: 02b32cfa3776eaef1921b7276e41f6b1 SHA-1: 346f12ed9a6f35a9bcfcf5af9b35e90e9e3824e1 SHA-256: 7820c3b3b0602b1b40410964beccccbe02a2ffd5aff9ffb1e714f85f9678447a
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier as malicious with high confidence. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript and an embedded OLE object (06092018.pub). The presence of these elements, combined with the ML verdict, strongly suggests the PDF is designed to deliver a secondary payload or exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
06092018.pub
f385fb36a43bd16b36e69c8d1bb2f5c246ad155954ce1f1f570c737827315a67
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x8C 107008 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.
javascript_obj0003_001.js
a787c7a945170eeb1f9552ddd3ea585b805c65c99a79996ad72fddcb6edbd2b1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 3 at offset 0x115DA 163 bytes