Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9442880a480eb613…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: ÜÐ037ß)G034BG§&±x¾æÂ…‘†Ëô.s
MD5: eae1ce451424bfe89a4c2f8529e2c35f SHA-1: c3821e7496cee3308a5277c7575d9b6097d28903 SHA-256: 9442880a480eb6137336b7ff1e57f943cc4d0cda2410a606a3f29eff687385fd
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contains embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript is likely used to obfuscate and deliver a secondary payload, as indicated by the 'PDF_ENCRYPTED_WITH_JS' heuristic. The embedded URL 'http://www.cadkas.com' is also present. The presence of JavaScript and the encrypted nature of the PDF suggest an attempt to bypass static analysis and execute malicious code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • Encrypted PDF carries /JavaScript — payload hidden from static analysis high PDF_ENCRYPTED_WITH_JS
    PDF declares /Encrypt and also references an executable trigger (/JavaScript). Document encryption hides the JavaScript body and stream contents from static scanners — combined with auto-execution indicators this is a known evasion pattern used to deliver weaponised JavaScript that the analyst cannot inspect without the decryption key.
  • 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 URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.cadkas.com

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0021_000.js
11dd3dd5217a269b6e477c77d269b1bf182a5c6d0f312ad5b43892728b614d88
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 21 at offset 0x1847 46 bytes