Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a10ec1c223abce82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.5 KB Authoring application: Jgaxivakafowizasi (via 0ddfaUohosicilab)
MD5: 2c686e5d8e8c86d6f967531e70e4f5d2 SHA-1: d51a9a39cadd6aeac27fd89e248a1f2daafa6340 SHA-256: a10ec1c223abce820af5f0c9739a7ec7e9a3dbd5b19a888ff42e01c0c02263af
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for obfuscated objects and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified as 'javascript_obj0011_000.js', strongly suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code. This JavaScript is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading a second-stage payload or exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 3

  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0011_000.js
c35f939b8b08b4458e4f2307d4bfd0afc23546c955e11c1da88e87302e40c9b0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1358 3029 bytes