Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9901070dfb694f06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

57.1 KB Created: 2011-01-14 00:19:16 +02:00 Authoring application: http://google.wiki.usfca.edu/ (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 99d1dd961c3737c443a320a3d7b33ba2 SHA-1: 627bb83307f73da4e167027f5e422d4541167f62 SHA-256: 9901070dfb694f06c92fb7b50a8bb0b8cc0bd0767818ec72d7e96678c068e175
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier also flagged it as malicious. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0036_000.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9148

Heuristics 3

  • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0036_000.js
a2620a0be21a26956e8296a3c8163c8c260cb6a920586f15a19c6e170ac30940
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xDC8A 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).
stream_003_off0000212b.bin
c5f0de032abc6724d51f70d976d3ea0dd6d0a92bcdc046774f16a9243c8095d6
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x212B 18124 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000503e.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x503E 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007e7e.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7E7E 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000b10b.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB10B 18756 bytes