Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4a455bbf8e030e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.8 KB Created: 2012-09-22 12:18:21 +04:00 Authoring application: Wordpress.com (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: b4b97ccc63019484468c78116893fff4 SHA-1: cd4c426cdee820fa7d5821df68d34b70014476c3 SHA-256: d4a455bbf8e030e03ebdda60205efbafc56a0a966d5075432588a8d2cf2c65a1
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contained embedded JavaScript. Heuristics indicate obfuscation within the JavaScript, suggesting it is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams points to a common delivery technique for malicious content. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0038_000.js' is a key indicator.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9103

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
be63095b36d2a7a6bb2354eee6ea8f866bd67eb57984a872fcac65a5a9d7a885
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 38 at offset 0xD252 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_off000017f4.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x17F4 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004606.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4606 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007446.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7446 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000a6d3.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA6D3 18756 bytes