Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b666c96911cb3035…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.4 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: b42ab5e11a8025fddfe2980479fffa20 SHA-1: c2c724b4d12a48f24bba9722c2dcae41d2ec771a SHA-256: b666c96911cb3035b724a1f89ff2da12eb945b66f609ba87cf06fcddfcc402a0
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by heuristic firings, suggests the document is designed to execute code. This script likely attempts to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
b175501e41fa62249fceead367b15f9d2a5c398e4addccd1d0ac29fd9e87956f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 45787 bytes