Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8ed7a6a438edcde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.3 KB Created: 2010-09-16 18:52:20 Authoring application: Qabifagevafa (via 8a656Tiqotezozav)
MD5: 8a51decda740a9326c07c6354519d381 SHA-1: 0c62a1d403261988bf0ccf1e4eb487f5f1caf8fa SHA-256: b8ed7a6a438edcdeb91dcff0a8ea7a64b845584351e619298b586aecb8982432
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of malicious intent, primarily due to the presence of obfuscated JavaScript. The ClamAV heuristic 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' strongly suggests that this JavaScript is designed to exploit vulnerabilities. While the exact payload is not immediately clear from the static analysis, the obfuscation and the heuristic firing indicate a high likelihood of malicious activity, such as driving further exploitation or downloading additional malware.

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
ff85b44f7d06834e69a161aee8e28b7340c56fef50ee1649100cb6f376ea5386
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1364 2324 bytes