Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abfbe8b44856a9ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.8 KB
MD5: 6a8ce8bcb552fa460e4135aa6ac41ca4 SHA-1: 914e52253c5b0429bde46a15a5694755e0c78115 SHA-256: abfbe8b44856a9ae7c3a4ab18a21eaf7082e037bb20f04aa7813bed370621992
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1559.002 Component Object Model

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object (hJzrcNRhacMbB.swf), indicated by multiple heuristic firings. The JavaScript stream (javascript_obj0006_000.js) likely contains obfuscated code designed to execute the embedded Flash content or exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The presence of these embedded, potentially malicious, artifacts suggests an attempt to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 6

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
hJzrcNRhacMbB.swf
767382813fc770c9716554c3266b22eee1636037ca964af05acf6ff66db4a27d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xC27 26993 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
a06466eabaf06bfe214c50a4d44d1ffbef758b6eccd3f99553c64be89b7be17a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF9 2005 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).