Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a887155bbbcd7a67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.3 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: bb6761958d8e143512431324f4a73387 SHA-1: 4fcf972afb1661aeea0a325be43025f9037fd23f SHA-256: a887155bbbcd7a6762d28b1f8186a8e3cc35a0efda273b612832a3a0f26f822c
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit a PDF vulnerability. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

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
730cb6e01e5ae903f5aee4c1c400f3ccd1351fe7bb3340e8f6cf61554a24b7e2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x999 48703 bytes