Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7b04a1bc537572d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.8 KB Created: 2008-03-03 17:06:20 +08:00 Authoring application: Advanced PDF Repair: http://www.pdf-repair.com
MD5: 3f2b69007a8c78e65fc0a22423454360 SHA-1: dc25f22d2409bc9cc1a6dbff843ed3012d0fc59a SHA-256: a7b04a1bc537572d46d8d50326c31965fe893bb19333f95f4270c62224dd776b
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with an eval() call, indicating an attempt to execute code. ClamAV also flagged it as Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject. The embedded JavaScript stream, stream_008_off0001a82a.js, is the primary artifact of interest. The presence of JavaScript and an eval() call suggests the document is designed to exploit a PDF vulnerability to run malicious code, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.pdf-repair.com
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/Producer(Advanced
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404092506+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093132+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093243+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093525+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404093601+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404094947+08
    • http://www.pdf-repair.com)/ModDate(D:20100404095117+08
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_008_off0001a82a.js
2fe85b93fb9b41eb8a33b9e59056e1b5da436c9a40c19deb91141a24d573bd72
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1A82A 18211 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).