Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88249a9a71c97e3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.3 KB Authoring application: Tooqimeqipigafara (via ba37cRenizaxizo)
MD5: 495de74de5ac14630ded406dfbfcfa7a SHA-1: 031a969165dc6d48c4b35642773e10d1faef4745 SHA-256: 88249a9a71c97e3beeb9181bb24c64024c8247ae06390aa4320dd15fb941a76c
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing obfuscated JavaScript, as indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection of 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0010_000.js
b53e27bbdeba8c818850cc3826b3d643c06114ca0ccd161a827d53f8e26598c4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x130D 2214 bytes