Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aec6220bdc79e154…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: 0bb8a8f4fcc35a4b22f599e26c877f9e SHA-1: e6a6690b717882bacfe935fe7e219634a36d1652 SHA-256: aec6220bdc79e15476b213d749554bcf241e3456c53ccaa65b1f71fb8f8da03e
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, specifically as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94'. Static analysis detected embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The large embedded JavaScript stream suggests it is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage 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
d362e6edb9d88d0af34ff87b00ba4bc66c0c9f204a5c665715475ff585297c8f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 45556 bytes