Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b494164d17c9bbe7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.2 KB Created: 2011-01-14 00:17:36 +02:00 Authoring application: http://google.wiki.usfca.edu/ (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 0ca8eea76d9c45126c81ffc9715d9ac1 SHA-1: aa76622bb018655d5d8843e646c76cbf6cf8ee25 SHA-256: b494164d17c9bbe7c3894373a1337a35da8e08c8ef3669097101253cd86e1652
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including ML classification. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0029_000.js', is obfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0029_000.js
a2620a0be21a26956e8296a3c8163c8c260cb6a920586f15a19c6e170ac30940
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0x9DC2 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_003_off000015be.bin
dcd1ba64d747e0bf0b9b8ecc270a7bea07ca4cd5917a768cd217f1d51287033b
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x15BE 17772 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000043d9.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x43D9 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007219.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7219 18720 bytes