Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d880653208df2218…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.3 KB Created: 2012-09-15 11:30:15 +04:00 Authoring application: Wordpress.com (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 0cc1429686a1443f0f7555a725ed2450 SHA-1: 16f29ad7e96616a91a199d49494e893f9ef85c31 SHA-256: d880653208df22187b320ca888ad2e179282197b9a6517cb47f8b04885b9880c
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0029_000.js', shows signs of obfuscation and is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, such as downloading additional payloads. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams points towards an attempt to execute code directly from the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0029_000.js
cd6097ae9725eedeb8d68162b4d969180785ce4cb6006439670b9637b33de890
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0x9CE9 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_003_off000014ba.bin
4056ebfe3787e8014d280a1c1758194f27ba9894cd4d5103b3e304c7c49fa759
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x14BA 17832 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004300.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4300 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007140.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7140 18720 bytes