Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d47546603222f91f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.3 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 8b1a51436e38a9eed1b2cdeae80d6086 SHA-1: eb57618ccf95715b708a9a7f7d4f1e7af3d5df8f SHA-256: d47546603222f91f1c20b2c13eda7c8a8f687c363069470ad806ddc1b99c6041
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Static analysis detected embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The large size of the embedded JavaScript stream (45678 bytes) suggests it is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The document body contains metadata related to PDF creation tools, but no user-facing content that would indicate a specific lure.

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
e128008e888ee1d752d537069f53babb300ab68beb2eb8c4afd458c0b245ffc5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45678 bytes