Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93a2141b2e110273…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.4 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 95701b0685830a97999aef5b792f3ca7 SHA-1: 11f9eb91d33cf5cb12338258205437071d253c51 SHA-256: 93a2141b2e11027322417445674fd55439c523925e98b93f1816dcbe043426fa
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, leading to the execution of a dropped payload. The file's metadata suggests it was created using Acrobat PDFMaker, a common tool for generating PDFs from other document types.

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
275bdc59edbd6e09f82daaf0fd57d2324828a979e8661944f58b325a93d41255
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45747 bytes