Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dec54ce030b0e63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

55.9 KB Created: 2011-01-14 00:19:47 +02:00 Authoring application: http://google.wiki.usfca.edu/ (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 287c9bbe919fb2e566c391dbfa3c7ab3 SHA-1: 871c5d7ba84bc2dec195e9d9ad825746c314f535 SHA-256: 9dec54ce030b0e63b1f7aed159304b6d8cf278d540bc4ea2d79577417189c431
68 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier also flagged it as malicious with high confidence. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0036_000.js' suggests obfuscated script content, likely intended to download and execute a second-stage payload. The authoring application information is also suspicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9174

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 0xD7A2 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_off00001d0b.bin
62d9432795187d4a66d2016289256f5bcd7e817272a12ea8e063c65e20c08745
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D0B 17844 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004b56.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4B56 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007996.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7996 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000ac23.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAC23 18756 bytes