Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ef3f868d30412b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.9 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: lice (via ubst)
MD5: 0709a0da79362b2fc0cf2b2bd2f49fd7 SHA-1: 412838ecb7aa38ef84cf7f7051a15a855989b019 SHA-256: 9ef3f868d30412b43f3b4d178f766ebba55a7246ba2f19e5221cca2d53511d1a
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities in PDF readers. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests that the script is intended to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the specific script content was not provided for detailed analysis. The ML classifier's high confidence score further supports the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
414f344c723964e7fce70708798cbb31faf574f69eeb5b24c1fc2475667f37a5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x94B 50403 bytes