Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9911095b5bf5ee2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.2 KB Created: 2011-01-23 11:58:27 +02:00 Authoring application: Mortgage Loan Down Payment (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 2b815dee0e0de9400130f059c3d94d67 SHA-1: 7fc1c56cc3915235c2be429a7acc31ae130f46d4 SHA-256: c9911095b5bf5ee25e25d6aa005df60a23a1db6f4f9505846d01fba88e5dffb9
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier as malicious and contains obfuscated JavaScript streams. The heuristics indicate the use of JavaScript actions and unescape functions, suggesting an attempt to hide malicious code. The extracted JavaScript files, 'javascript_obj0027_000.js' and 'javascript_obj0027_001.js', are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, although their exact functionality is obscured.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0027_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x9456 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
javascript_obj0027_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x9456 134 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).