Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5941f79ba4bf6ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.0 KB
MD5: 0662d384bc2c4c655db6833237a06a86 SHA-1: 3276b73c8860ccaa23f2b78e3f59b59c22367f52 SHA-256: b5941f79ba4bf6cabd1f8ff7044acb301d9bfe4f28b9d9ff3d30d56854698ac5
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object. The ClamAV heuristic 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports this assessment. The embedded JavaScript stream, 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to execute malicious actions, potentially downloading and executing further payloads. The presence of embedded files and Flash objects suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick the user into executing harmful content.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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_obj0016.bin
9e798ca759049b0ed1720d8ee720e7d781cde4ef09bae49b100d9fd2551e8f75
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x1990 26849 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
d263f70123bd6972641f0c23b8f20ba0fee0cf39539150604d356c500432ed60
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x134 4642 bytes