Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a159f1683f15a5c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.5 KB Authoring application: Jgaxivakafowizasi (via bbcb3Uohosicilab)
MD5: e6aa9f8960d4415a9840756bc966e8c2 SHA-1: 3fd96884dd78d56afd4969ff11da933d5a1fc35e SHA-256: a159f1683f15a5c538b10eaea4ded4bb43d191a529284d8608c1eda939c570ec
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for obfuscated objects and a high ML score indicating maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified as 'javascript_obj0011_000.js', strongly suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript, as indicated by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, points towards an effort to evade detection. The primary attack pattern is likely the execution of malicious JavaScript embedded within the PDF, potentially leading to further payload delivery or system compromise.

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