PDF malware analysis — malicious · c27c3fa3195bcc49

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.5 KB Created: 2010-04-30 20:47:26 Authoring application: Fodebarexa

MD5: b9576b82fab8b1354b783932720a2f9b SHA-1: d6e0ad6ef1ff7fbcd6a2963665f053233319fbd0 SHA-256: c27c3fa3195bcc4970485ff7e360cba5b30112508aa3fca5b34f4b8c3676a305

86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGER rule indicates that this JavaScript is obfuscated and designed to be executed as a stager. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common technique for initial access and further infection.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGER

PDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0010_000.js` `7ad1ee8cba7784f1a95b635244a4165fad123a151fe73c8fc9a0d61755caba74`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0xCAB	874 bytes

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