Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d01d94c8b74b2bf4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.7 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)
MD5: 8b6156cb923a9b0644e06541142f994f SHA-1: fdb8f967b68c61e1b5a0f442281802a92779ec9f SHA-256: d01d94c8b74b2bf4251e86cd5659f8f62c035c1a12e14445debcd364b001b506
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The presence of a launch action further suggests malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0027_000.js', is suspicious and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The document body is unreadable, but the script execution and launch action point to a downloader or exploit delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 5

  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0027_000.js
e00414e4508231964dfedd2b9e916fc330ba42f5f3d4e1558df73cdb0901b463
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x1C1B 3377 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).