Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97ba75fa630314d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.3 KB Created: 2011-01-23 11:45:53 +02:00 Authoring application: Auto Loan Payment Schedule (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 724e994a5b19970907045cf022f3d4dd SHA-1: 69e6b2e4380e55781e03f25722ba99b9d9a1e97d SHA-256: 97ba75fa630314d121b619ef05051cbb3d64357119c31d7da98fc9c8900410a5
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams that are obfuscated using hex escapes. The heuristics indicate that these scripts are suspicious and likely designed to download and execute additional malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these obfuscated scripts to achieve a malicious objective, such as dropping further malware. Due to the obfuscation, the exact payload and execution method cannot be definitively determined.

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0020_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x61A4 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
javascript_obj0020_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x61A4 134 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).