Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 981f7aa8553b5617…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.3 KB Created: 2010-09-16 18:52:20 Authoring application: Qabifagevafa (via 86921Tiqotezozav)
MD5: 7a5946ebe60e59613ab7b42f97d99747 SHA-1: dc018fdb7e22e71d4757b94fe1ac5b8e4327d60a SHA-256: 981f7aa8553b5617792da7cd1b1635767dcd40c0e41173da6a47866c57fba3ed
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of malicious intent, specifically through the presence of embedded and obfuscated JavaScript. The ClamAV heuristic 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' strongly suggests malicious code execution is intended. The embedded JavaScript stream, 'javascript_obj0011_000.js', is the primary mechanism for this execution, likely serving to download and run a secondary payload.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0011_000.js
ff85b44f7d06834e69a161aee8e28b7340c56fef50ee1649100cb6f376ea5386
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1364 2324 bytes