Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca95e2d893abdae4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.3 KB Created: 2011-10-06 11:16:07 +03:00 Authoring application: Wiki Bc Student Loans (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 0d2cb1efef622c807285b540088c777f SHA-1: a7ca787ac88b81f5be4a67b1bb9535ffed6210e6 SHA-256: ca95e2d893abdae4d284d694dedddd5d352d5962620ad38b2284cc2c70081a52
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contains embedded JavaScript streams. The heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and the use of unescape() for obfuscation. The extracted JavaScript files, 'javascript_obj0020_000.js' and 'javascript_obj0020_001.js', are likely responsible for executing malicious code, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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_obj0020_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x6267 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_obj0020_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x6267 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).