Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aefc34bd89a5c80c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 3549f12f55f08936433da2c23538240c SHA-1: 6201a118135c9a0f368293196f6b9debd53df73c SHA-256: aefc34bd89a5c80c84ac0cfaef798e9bebbc62f710c1184b8ba9499299a3752f
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0017_000.js', contains obfuscated code with eval() calls, strongly suggesting it's designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of 'exploit.swf' in the document body further supports this attack vector.

Heuristics 6

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
09da31fcb002129249bb529a7f84709739a96f62781db5f4c6d9bf6e4308eb15
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4D1 102 bytes
javascript_obj0017_000.js
055bdbaae991fdca300020839fcb7abeb481ae17e2068448b3a3cb783676f46f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x5EB 3319 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).