Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9640f8911917a440…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 3e0107d2c909347439d446b733cf005d SHA-1: 387021a5c3916c88995ec19f8e6b9521975a3515 SHA-256: 9640f8911917a440726edfe1bac61ef8cc8df7558b858926b5aeee8b44f19a0c
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by heuristic firings and the presence of a large JS stream. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' strongly suggests this is a malicious PDF exploiting a known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common attack pattern for such documents.

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
595d5a98dc26eb9fce666795340fe6342db32a7fc003e22711e144d60cdfa8a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45590 bytes