Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7fe55982f9d1b3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.5 KB Created: 2010-09-29 21:19:03 Authoring application: Ozifotozataqedowige (via 86a1dNtpavotiyse)
MD5: 2156daf92bde32a4ac15e5c12da30e0c SHA-1: 710fd96b5e70dd0105db50de64c77aa038243e95 SHA-256: c7fe55982f9d1b3a29536f5e5e32a1ee2cce2ad8c38f08095174c304e8f4cb8c
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for obfuscated objects and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS firings, suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The JavaScript likely aims to download and execute a secondary payload, although the exact mechanism is obscured.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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_obj0010_000.js
08724a64e7194995851d78b6a68c028cb93037929c34f4c5eaf880902140b335
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x12FD 2950 bytes