Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb20bf4078af2b6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.7 KB Created: 2010-09-03 08:30:37 Authoring application: Xijokanilohova (via d1d04Kmgxaloxaxgi)
MD5: e001e25cf19554e0efcebef5dc923486 SHA-1: 111387392a8370a4c3ecc83630bcfa277b4ad6cd SHA-256: bb20bf4078af2b6ba4131607a2cb6789a36c14d432b19a1ac3d29b0506cc08a0
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability or downloading a secondary payload, which is a common attack vector for malicious PDFs. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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
d75aba2bc241d027161697fa7aada0bf45c7afe5b58fce1bb0bf66350349f123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1208 1983 bytes