Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cf3af0d7b9de492…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.8 KB
MD5: b2db1fa6ac47c9a750b2e2af3be01623 SHA-1: 52e2fb1797f255eeb5a82ef8d1bf15188cb01b68 SHA-256: 9cf3af0d7b9de492a642278d039d92265b126b2544434fa053112340c712aad5
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_RICHMEDIA heuristics. The presence of unescape() calls and the extracted artifacts 'hJzrcNRhacMbB.swf' and 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' suggest an attempt to execute malicious code. The embedded JavaScript stream is likely responsible for loading and executing the Flash content or other malicious payloads.

Heuristics 6

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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
hJzrcNRhacMbB.swf
767382813fc770c9716554c3266b22eee1636037ca964af05acf6ff66db4a27d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xC25 26993 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
4521fab89a70ea9f603f0cc1d6da8d1577090bdac4a71eae959650a4a5db7d6e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF9 2003 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).