Ramnit PDF malware analysis — malicious · 958f37cf549fc014

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.2 KB

MD5: 78193ccb80a3cf88122d19efba1061a5 SHA-1: 5f6a870582a726f045435cd4ab9e38229f379808 SHA-256: 958f37cf549fc0149e7d1f34e3d6e4c3e67cd88eeff406e016061610fd9acf0f

180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Ramnit · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.005 Service Execution T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1204.002 Malicious File T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The PDF document contains an embedded VBScript that reconstructs and executes a Portable Executable (PE) payload named 'svchost.exe'. This VBScript utilizes 'Scripting.FileSystemObject' and 'WScript.Shell' to write and run the payload, indicating a dropper functionality. The extracted PE file was detected by ClamAV as Win.Trojan.Ramnit-9775455-0, strongly suggesting the Ramnit family. The attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a PDF that ultimately executes a trojan.

Heuristics 4

VBScript in PDF stream reconstructs and runs a PE payload critical PDF_VBS_HEX_PE_DROPPER

PDF stream contains an HTML/VBScript block that decodes a long hex string into a Windows executable and runs it via WScript.Shell. This is an embedded dropper payload, not ordinary PDF JavaScript.
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
Embedded script payload in PDF stream high PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain script execution markers such as ActiveXObject/CreateObject, WScript.Shell, PowerShell, or shell-exec primitives. This is stronger than ordinary PDF JavaScript because it indicates a staged external script payload hidden in stream bytes.
Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_vbs_dropper_000002f9.vbs` `50b36b292c4a29f5f0d9642bb1487d597e7f817cb538628ff0d791b00e4fac65`	pdf-embedded-script	PDF raw bytes VBScript dropper at offset 0x2F9	113122 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`svchost.exe` `fd6c69c345f1e32924f0a5bb7393e191b393a78d58e2c6413b03ced7482f2320`	embedded-pe	Decoded PE from PDF VBScript dropper at offset 0x2F9	56320 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Ramnit-9775455-0 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.89, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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