Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a1a65d3659dad56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 4153f508fe2b3b1e6a3ed9e52904d2c3 SHA-1: ecf601bc4baa2cec37bada26f1f51cb76d335ebc SHA-256: 9a1a65d3659dad561dc9bef629e158c9f2f9c3c6c37b21b4298758ebc29b4a3c
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File: Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further suggests malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_000.js' is the primary artifact, likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability or delivering a secondary payload.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
5b015d31c144015440d24f6a213a836e45724c8ec953df3274262853c2306e9f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x318 29208 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).