Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9207a37a548f328…

MALICIOUS

PDF

20.2 KB
MD5: 83ebd5d5150c54c87253367553faf192 SHA-1: a07d765ae28ede5171774f52130d0256ac7104c7 SHA-256: b9207a37a548f32878cde1b7f64b4354f6b6f88de29be3fb7e797cfc5415b351
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded Flash content (exploit.swf) and a JavaScript stream (javascript_obj0017_000.js). The JavaScript stream exhibits obfuscation and uses an eval() call, strongly suggesting it's designed to exploit a vulnerability, likely within the embedded Flash object. This combination points to a malicious document leveraging an exploit for Flash Player to deliver a payload.

Heuristics 6

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
exploit.swf
09da31fcb002129249bb529a7f84709739a96f62781db5f4c6d9bf6e4308eb15
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4D1 102 bytes
javascript_obj0017_000.js
5d60c444595d0e579532a5ef1c8cd1c1ec61aa9c8720489037df42efb5e8452f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x5EB 10337 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).