Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac5c330ec79e7728…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.7 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: e4bc9705295cbeef6eb44cb27e05c83d SHA-1: b576db7db66239fb5c113ad90bf75bdfbfaffc79 SHA-256: ac5c330ec79e7728b7a2e53c355d2fd1f8e6123125b3c156f852547d9e9e73c8
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94, and a machine learning classifier also flagged it as malicious with high confidence. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by heuristic firings and the embedded artifact, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. The document body contains metadata and copyright information, but the primary malicious activity is likely within the embedded script, which is expected to download and execute a secondary payload.

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
75d6a64b222febd858e16cfc7cab46eca20c08b9cd1a619ac0f13dcec8fcadc0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 46071 bytes