Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6979490343c1434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.4 KB Created: 2010-09-16 18:55:19 Authoring application: Tolhipezorojpagiwaqo (via acfcaSeueganadazaqeav)
MD5: 98b94520b3d2a3bc584825cce63df6d8 SHA-1: 04a5b77d982bc05864739ae5edaa7e3817a18427 SHA-256: b6979490343c143492b6b371c41546c3c754f74e9288f1c9f9549381cec508ff
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by both ML classifiers and ClamAV with the rule 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject'. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics. The JavaScript stream, though truncated, suggests an attempt to execute code, which is a common technique for delivering further malicious payloads. The ML classifier output of 0.995397 indicates a high likelihood of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0011_000.js
e2d41866c9fb013feb60cefe8b41892c7277decb0774febb940ce493b1221654
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1387 2332 bytes