Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b32cb106eef81f49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.4 KB Created: 2008-02-27 16:58:09 +08:00 Authoring application: PScript5.dll Version 5.2 (via Acrobat Distiller 6.0.1 (Windows))
MD5: bd1a8674fda8751ca0504e717df696cf SHA-1: 7b570e4155e62a547306a581c0e3bd5aa8590b6f SHA-256: b32cb106eef81f4920bf0ed4d85e04181ad5bf2b8b4e3b645d559575baf137dc
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV as Win.Trojan.Dropper-82. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript and an embedded file, indicating a potential dropper or exploit delivery mechanism. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. The document body contains fragmented text that appears to be metadata from a Microsoft Word document, suggesting a potential conversion or obfuscation layer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Dropper-82 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Dropper-82
  • 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
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/iX/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/