Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aba8065669c06187…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB Authoring application: Python PDF Library 055 http072057057pybrary056net057pyPdf057
MD5: 7f306263280b136e3c339f5c950d1d02 SHA-1: e8178f1f726955696923e755736c372512bab58a SHA-256: aba8065669c06187f32d4cba1e5863970e1491814f710d94c79549c3511cce11
64 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and RichMedia (Flash) content, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded file 'sploit.swf' is highly suspicious. While the embedded URL was confirmed benign, the presence of exploit-related content suggests a malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or exploit a browser/PDF reader vulnerability.

Heuristics 5

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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
  • 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://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
sploit.swf
70e6dbce3b11aaece2d38f1d315dee7736c7ab9138a74cdadc8126393c857018
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xDD8 781 bytes