Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b38b85fe61c90d3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.7 KB Created: 2012-09-22 12:18:16 +04:00 Authoring application: Wordpress.com (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 23ee713e59f029aac5dbbe30540b2277 SHA-1: 42a772c3f5b6763ab6c27d09568f63cd7e1352b3 SHA-256: b38b85fe61c90d3b765712d8b808a8f422aa3905e752464a87a7d399339e9303
68 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contained embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0038_000.js', exhibits obfuscation indicators. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, contributing to the overall malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9103

Heuristics 3

  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0038_000.js
be63095b36d2a7a6bb2354eee6ea8f866bd67eb57984a872fcac65a5a9d7a885
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 38 at offset 0xD1A9 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
stream_004_off0000174b.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x174B 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000455d.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x455D 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000739d.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x739D 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000a62a.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA62A 18756 bytes