Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc298fa9a10b6b96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.4 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: a133a62a1e3ace89d31bfe4ab9e0b592 SHA-1: d7aa0f3eaea474fdbce7a7650015ac5293b6e067 SHA-256: cc298fa9a10b6b96c34d29c09b8211f23b864b9bb3179f42b9e368d86353c151
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams, suggesting an attempt to execute malicious code. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully detailed, is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability or downloading a secondary payload, as indicated by the 'Dropped' classification.

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
2a792221136ca8c9637a344f1dcb52fcae13de13e50a228266535a5a32bd6561
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x999 45747 bytes