Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad0ad17149b5c350…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.2 KB Created: 2008-08-03 07:51:49 -09:03 Authoring application: Adobe InDesign CS3 (5.0) (via Adobe PDF Library 8.1)
MD5: f2f43ac1b974d442696f33da1b9deaf7 SHA-1: 7158277f32e2dca0847b523719e67084b57952ff SHA-256: ad0ad17149b5c350155960947e87106f63afaf39085b6fd102c76a028e8944ee
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The script appears to deobfuscate and reconstruct a URL, which is then likely used to download a second-stage payload. The reconstructed URL is http://78.26.179.61/gDJozVF.exe?id=0&sid=87b184b480b785b684b588fb89ec81e087ba8fbe8bba8dbcb1&e=98, which is a suspicious executable download link.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://78.26.179.61/gDJozVF.exe?id=0&sid=87b184b480b785b684b588fb89ec81e087ba8fbe8bba8dbcb1&e=98

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
8ddf2115f3ce231d1fa7423db610ab1171826ce9e223c94439d6a9e38d03b05e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3DA 2703 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).