Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8247826f9208ee35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.4 KB
MD5: 23bd3c48e8c9318aca2b99c2f2090e80 SHA-1: 572abed1730e86188adfef7b8abe6fe99a37e1af SHA-256: 8247826f9208ee356c09979f3f2ca684cb4e3c1da6268bec9da41d6f243b05fe
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript, specifically a PDF JavaScript action and an embedded JS stream, suggests the document is designed to execute malicious code. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery. While the specific family is not identifiable, the overall pattern points to a downloader or dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9647

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
2cddf014a753c14c5b5f2d1dd6b3bd29e48b2e3496f51e0f8c1f52a3a4cac006
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA1ED 3929 bytes