Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d5f87f935b9ca2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.6 KB Created: 2012-09-16 23:25:26 +04:00 Authoring application: Wordpress.com (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 1514b32cbe52e8887f0dcbdd22858cb1 SHA-1: 4e94108d207804d3e6962178881ccfa09efa5e9d SHA-256: 7d5f87f935b9ca2e9c07d7f2b17c43d8c7d3666cfdaa51144eb9c198915e674c
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contained embedded JavaScript. Heuristics indicate obfuscation within the JavaScript, suggesting it is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams points to malicious scripting. No specific family could be identified due to the obfuscation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 3

  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0029_000.js
76d3bb447acd5b45376b0e8b83aa4aa0566d30e3dffb5ca563e124aa7ad84a28
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0x9D9B 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
stream_003_off000015a0.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x15A0 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000043b2.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x43B2 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000071f2.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x71F2 18720 bytes