Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d22a9b2a5e085888…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.7 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: lice (via ubst)
MD5: 07fdc06806041c7f078415114d70eeb0 SHA-1: 262cc1d37b26d710756cf96bb6255486afdde15d SHA-256: d22a9b2a5e0858887fe5e3ba86bcf42f7d6e289e9f493e52a675ecd7c9f45574
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit a PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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
72f923603eba1b2de040c9494aa504cba33afa1630196cf9eebd6e52861c34a4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x94B 50260 bytes