Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81b043322beda712…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.9 KB Created: 2012-05-14 14:34:55 +04:00 Authoring application: Drupal.org (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: bc2d0e6a64e027317ac92a58a583be51 SHA-1: 40bc9b5f84a7d51abbaa662e87c499050fbe2137 SHA-256: 81b043322beda712d04ec3294ee80a61c0c21634f8e76d238735ac59ee63fde5
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0031_000.js' is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. The exact function of the script is not fully discernible due to obfuscation, but its presence within a PDF and the high ML score point towards a downloader or exploit execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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_obj0031_000.js
df7e0affd237ec8d83f2947a5a6b8abd8fdb1a8dcb1a8ff2d1b4022d2913ab67
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 31 at offset 0x9F46 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_004_off0000174b.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x174B 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000455d.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x455D 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000739d.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x739D 18720 bytes