Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f12bbfdf2f1a0f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.2 KB
MD5: df1438616427accb0c91de9d3ebdba73 SHA-1: 0c9f122a99b5a24c76da1e897ee8d63b9eb12a93 SHA-256: 8f12bbfdf2f1a0f45e063d46619a7df45afd162605ea068418505ebc0b1e3fa0
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristic firings indicating malicious intent, including embedded JavaScript and a Flash object. The presence of these embedded artifacts, specifically 'TyPWoIJRMY.swf' and JavaScript streams, suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code or exploit vulnerabilities within the user's system. The ML classifier strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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
TyPWoIJRMY.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
430ba7849711540adf125776b78221b56a2d0cdb71da146d61789afa3aff341a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF9 3477 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
c8eb386b46e012108513652db0c44b8399a7e39c9686d671671c588779dc99c5
deobfuscated-js split-join delimiter stripped JavaScript at offset 0xDA7 2142 bytes