Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83ed2ec1536c70b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.2 KB
MD5: ae52318f1b67406412705e6812b3272a SHA-1: f980a383c66ee2225b5e121959f67b5f465b740b SHA-256: 83ed2ec1536c70b2fa5336dd09c0dc1178895ded4ccfe449a4b9a42a4055b474
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_RICHMEDIA heuristics. The presence of eval() calls and suspicious extracted artifacts like 'ZdhyXAVZwLWfPiH.swf' and JavaScript files suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The primary intent appears to be the delivery of a secondary payload, likely through the embedded Flash or JavaScript.

Heuristics 6

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
ZdhyXAVZwLWfPiH.swf
767382813fc770c9716554c3266b22eee1636037ca964af05acf6ff66db4a27d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x11DE 26993 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
7d7b362bbccafdbf48f7103bf0724abbf8c104d535d590b89d84da7777a74622
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF9 3462 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
5c8ead92ca813c159f98057d90d455f6f6d36f5d43decdc8f9436a4b0e94d45e
deobfuscated-js split-join delimiter stripped JavaScript at offset 0xDB1 2125 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).