Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7ef7626b2a161c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.5 KB Created: 2011-11-21 10:02:00 +02:00 Authoring application: Hawaii.edu Pharmacy (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 1753473e6d4e29cb24998b61f2188cfa SHA-1: 3715c843f6b02eae50066d4e8eef28b517fb0aa0 SHA-256: d7ef7626b2a161c6a82428f827a709a192263185a746c81a619cf4329edf09de
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

Static analysis identified embedded JavaScript within the PDF document, flagged by multiple heuristics including ML classification and JavaScript stream detection. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0020_000.js', is obfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The presence of unescape() calls further indicates obfuscation techniques commonly used to hide malicious code execution. The ML classifier's high score strongly suggests malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0020_000.js
52fda692b07c9aa4efbf58a71a700ecc18f276e70eb54dbe1306b0814a6b382b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x631D 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_002_off00000da8.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xDA8 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00003bba.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3BBA 17892 bytes