Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc02d161b838866b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.5 KB Authoring application: Jgaxivakafowizasi (via 0c257Uohosicilab)
MD5: 24e4e9a9fecaaa577f8139ef8b446cbe SHA-1: a1ea5968af672d30546414c7abc68fb4a2610883 SHA-256: bc02d161b838866bf28734819d5154e3bb9ed2d649fbd76e7e4a50694fe008db
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ML classifier also flagged it as malicious with high confidence. While the document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, the presence of JavaScript strongly suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. The ClamAV detection of 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports this. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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
c35f939b8b08b4458e4f2307d4bfd0afc23546c955e11c1da88e87302e40c9b0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1358 3029 bytes