Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2810ef33d33ee97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.5 KB Created: 2012-05-14 14:35:36 +04:00 Authoring application: Drupal.org (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 1e3470d2db93328fd209fff70733d7dd SHA-1: 1d554788be7f228de03c97973d3c66fd10367300 SHA-256: d2810ef33d33ee979a1ea7528027fe35705d2dff52f927cd0b1c90a18966a7f6
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with a high score. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0038_000.js' suggests the presence of obfuscated JavaScript, likely intended to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9435

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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0038_000.js
df7e0affd237ec8d83f2947a5a6b8abd8fdb1a8dcb1a8ff2d1b4022d2913ab67
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 38 at offset 0xD146 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_004_off000016e8.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x16E8 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000044fa.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x44FA 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000733a.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x733A 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000a5c7.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA5C7 18756 bytes