Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b8dcdd650b445ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.7 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: lice (via ubst)
MD5: 9d853ef29cd4b79dd9a80805e0898e24 SHA-1: c4b4250f16b1394b13e9e4fa07609a258922a72d SHA-256: 7b8dcdd650b445adaa1ea4f72a6f91a0d3f2c0c5c8b53bdccd95b19aa3f868eb
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 and a high ML classifier score. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by heuristic firings and the presence of a large JavaScript object. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common attack pattern for this type of exploit.

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
de34bb558ae414213c931a1ed6e786189196c7f1e4894ddefbc070d93ea33c5c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x955 51168 bytes