Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b74335e5806ff9e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.1 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: 625e3a0cb86a6219dfb3e88d7c3c0b87 SHA-1: f4f16d4c23b4367e287db8117d19c715d840a45b SHA-256: b74335e5806ff9e7141026dfa3aba43ab6a6ca6d721c3253ae51307a2ba186c3
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, which is a large 45KB stream, is likely responsible for executing the exploit and downloading a secondary payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware.

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
028ca156cf1baa9f71df3b331f2d54c024e645bd57263914626749fa1eebde26
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 45482 bytes