Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb6776629a83e52f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.4 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: 0bcdc360793fbf1687a98f520a8e6508 SHA-1: 645e58ac6346ec073778281e8b1706d139d025fb SHA-256: cb6776629a83e52ff23bf74ae6f9a613b8e28404e0000d63852dc39f0a15664e
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94) and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by heuristic firings for PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier's high confidence score further supports its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting vulnerabilities and dropping a secondary payload, although its specific actions are not detailed in the provided evidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
62a18de2f9f5abc209e1e6d58a74ce2087b00ebe5f3016d86daba6df76eb4eac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 48849 bytes