Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf2c162955439ab4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.4 KB
MD5: a061a8ac18153f7156b30b554f92d8d0 SHA-1: 5ecd328d58b70707b9116fa9057bd6726f9e6241 SHA-256: bf2c162955439ab4bc7ba81fb2af1c0a7ec017f3d060b4a9cce146974457a526
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV due to obfuscated JavaScript content. The embedded JavaScript stream is the primary mechanism for exploitation. While the document body is unreadable, the presence of JavaScript and XFA form elements strongly suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or trick the user into executing malicious code. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, though its exact function cannot be determined due to obfuscation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9615

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
0cde0fc2c31a25a43cafbe3c5478e2084805be37f2212d3baca47c556f5afa2f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA1FB 3785 bytes