Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96d063708cd376ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: b08d0b35b2e03944f631c89b11440711 SHA-1: eba2d164cdfd7b89f47c007b7a6647bfa7d7fdb9 SHA-256: 96d063708cd376edc8a3451d59918d9542b812e8b223a7d19ac95e9be96fdae4
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0017_000.js', contains obfuscated code with eval() calls, strongly suggesting it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of an embedded SWF file ('exploit.swf') further supports the exploit vector. The obfuscated nature of the script and the lack of specific indicators prevent confident family attribution.

Heuristics 6

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
exploit.swf
09da31fcb002129249bb529a7f84709739a96f62781db5f4c6d9bf6e4308eb15
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4D1 102 bytes
javascript_obj0017_000.js
69f9ce7f0ee7f5dcf9fec54fce645c5a14f021cfd69cd6d3bd9db7461daef59b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x5EB 3313 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).