Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd161368dcc8f75a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

57.4 KB Created: 2011-01-14 00:19:32 +02:00 Authoring application: http://google.wiki.usfca.edu/ (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 11bfbfa74700828eb7ccd1d43ba26243 SHA-1: abca1746348149db7aa2708a9f43d136fbf9884e SHA-256: dd161368dcc8f75a1e2d5d4ef2d202ad7a25ea51eaf3603555bae4e55f8cba94
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contains embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0038_000.js', exhibits obfuscation and hex escape sequences, indicating a malicious intent to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9145

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
a2620a0be21a26956e8296a3c8163c8c260cb6a920586f15a19c6e170ac30940
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 38 at offset 0xDD6D 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_off000021e4.bin
bc8332b718138e0cfc96dd20cba478e6bf43bb7aace94324d9a1df4fbaaed14d
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x21E4 18228 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005121.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5121 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007f61.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F61 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000b1ee.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1EE 18756 bytes