Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 caa85aa301101eb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.5 KB Created: 2011-05-26 16:36:11 +03:00 Authoring application: bing.wiki.usfca.edu (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: cfe89604bf7f04eca7d13db4f59b5e03 SHA-1: 80f17c2b6f2566c64c75caceab88aa1c05c68fd1 SHA-256: caa85aa301101eb3ecf79e57e63b8cf118427fbcd881c4407c1525ec974e05bd
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings related to PDF JavaScript and JS streams. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0029_000.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 3

  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0029_000.js
10e15f9e8e631690248396d575e9652903435250e89141f7cc58e4b3e9b10d1b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0x9A12 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).
stream_003_off00001217.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1217 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004029.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4029 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00006e69.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E69 18720 bytes