Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbd9a21a3e079e8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2009-08-26 23:02:49 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.13 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.13)
MD5: 7942784490a7d3ae168a6a440e2fe0a0 SHA-1: faf34bfe1045bdb3652b407b9ab3c656dcca83d6 SHA-256: bbd9a21a3e079e8ecee79d1fbaddc1add512323f7a00883d4ce2be209e026291
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file exhibits multiple JavaScript-related heuristic firings, including obfuscated content, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript streams, particularly a large one (javascript_obj0095_003.js), suggests the execution of code to download and run further malicious components. The ClamAV detection of 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports the malicious nature of the file.

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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0092_000.js
bebe294d5cd5b45bf87c4265051d43b3404106a807be0b53017aa46c3f3fd3c8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 92 at offset 0xF58E 165 bytes
javascript_obj0093_001.js
df96b7db9a473d84f9a20a99c48f333f2726d0d81575f6a0884312595943ed43
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 93 at offset 0xF65C 153 bytes
javascript_obj0094_002.js
91a9b866f71c2056c0539329ec02205a6971cd43c508dd936b99414b17f2db5e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 94 at offset 0xF72D 244 bytes
javascript_obj0095_003.js
e7017e94912d8d12cd6bec0e2e2bb1817fe648b50ed531363e6b3e46700f899d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 95 at offset 0xF82B 23901 bytes