Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b251c9293bb3f4cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.3 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: b6d2bbb3cd528a84f35957e3b4a4991e SHA-1: be9a1d826142931a97fe66dd80529975931db6aa SHA-256: b251c9293bb3f4cb4788ff69b9f0c2d309f8f0a6f84cc1ea0f76ee1f813c6612
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94) and a machine learning classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript within the PDF structure, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities and delivering further malicious content. The ML classifier's high confidence score further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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
c4c0848370e7e7ba5a493859a7bfb700aa846f6acfdc4ac2358f9e58c228cfd5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45666 bytes