Malicious PDF / .SWA — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aaa0b12960fc3f09…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .SWA

7.0 KB Authoring application: Sigevepipawobo (via 16670Gijixematwa)
MD5: 1eb8111fa4b1a50ec50ba95cc7223d3d SHA-1: e16b60b354144d154acccdb38b601c46d862f32a SHA-256: aaa0b12960fc3f09507f7fb5e25a57573ba36fe32d2ef670ae18b9a4f40998c8
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, and a critical ClamAV detection for obfuscated PDF content. The embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0011_000.js', is likely responsible for executing malicious actions. The presence of JavaScript within a PDF strongly suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick the user into executing harmful code, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0011_000.js
44c0a61c015c116fd54a3a57268544777c1723396bff6033f97af518a9b12a94
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x141A 1772 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).