Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 924aa0d1f0dabfd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.5 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: 2495362e15d18e1387fd907c14e6b14f SHA-1: da5bebd600a0e815d2ef11823191adda33c96f6a SHA-256: 924aa0d1f0dabfd7a9e42988c5d9a5f2aa2ee308feba56bf5c2858409265adfe
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is a common method for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to download and execute further malicious content. The large size of the embedded JavaScript stream suggests a complex or obfuscated payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
ca90f0b155ddf2f3c56dd375f586267c4f55b65bc26bfa82878d5f2247e5eea9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 48943 bytes