Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82bbe09463e85ca2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 728d0d7189c5752b2322067ad092cef8 SHA-1: 8a9eab53ab3d46c970b8d27944316cf613636244 SHA-256: 82bbe09463e85ca28c2a47b02b823767351f6e8ea0de7531b8ecaf7c60577a85
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' confirms its malicious nature. The JavaScript is likely used to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code, a common technique for delivering further malicious payloads.

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
a22fa83572da60b7bda83ec38cb7566ab66c8b04d3617322b1b2d8bbf8282874
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45548 bytes