Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9b6f8ead27d3784…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.7 KB Created: 2011-02-03 12:40:17 +02:00 Authoring application: Loans Cheap Wiki (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 26765b071b900ad08b26214b47ed6505 SHA-1: 3b3b9907f7ae7cc91c4c6c8b9d8d349fa627494b SHA-256: d9b6f8ead27d37841bbb8b0dff412c91742047be22ccd6c7d4d6ee77b482b9c6
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, identified by heuristics as suspicious and obfuscated. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The JavaScript actions, including the use of unescape(), suggest the script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, likely from a remote source. The extracted JavaScript filenames are included as IOCs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0034_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0xC730 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).
javascript_obj0034_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0xC730 134 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).