Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b726cdd06f212286…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.3 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: 9c5a7df94d5d4eba8bc747a5972ed310 SHA-1: 1439d683fedc8863a331b39bd184e9bc5388452a SHA-256: b726cdd06f212286e8845f77cba3aa41565daad4d5cedc367c8f35ed973961db
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Static analysis detected embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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
9904242079a71641089eae860ae62b5175d0a906179c2156efed50705bf36302
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 45682 bytes