Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82b334b8a8b605a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.5 KB Created: 2011-02-03 12:33:17 +02:00 Authoring application: Commonwealth Bank Loans Wiki (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: a55d142b8bdf4a182e86f0b6e3cb6986 SHA-1: bb76cb13489fbbe2e05ad8057ed3f308301e1269 SHA-256: 82b334b8a8b605a5ed51d57da2a10fb0054208c50214a6bbb09397e35f94182d
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript streams, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of unescape() calls and obfuscated scripts suggests an attempt to hide malicious code, likely for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The extracted filenames 'javascript_obj0020_000.js' and 'javascript_obj0020_001.js' are included as IOCs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0020_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x62EB 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).
javascript_obj0020_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x62EB 134 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).