Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 814fca8ca508b328…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.3 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: ac0c2a736254206d1f4b6186aed3f02b SHA-1: 990c29b36705319ac5305b810462fabdddd32635 SHA-256: 814fca8ca508b3282606c50b050756c1f01f52a9df02dc272e2227fb781f79a9
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF reader vulnerabilities and download secondary payloads. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams strongly suggests an exploit attempt.

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
d9ce4c9375124928f521e5b7da695e98f8f1b0b4bd79bcc2e0930ab5f79fa28f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 45670 bytes