Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94e78357348575af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.1 KB
MD5: d6c3f7821dc9e18bc42592966899d8ac SHA-1: b97654bc80c69c5457a5948c93d3192c2c9bed19 SHA-256: 94e78357348575afd5eaad1fdd0ba3d909c76e755a19d5e2623ee204143ab1bf
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing a malicious payload, as is common in such attacks. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
2c56d5d8cf7091b6f19778cf841fe72d14ba1b7864f6e957f64c9c8fc22f4c38
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA1EB 3529 bytes