Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dddafa8da5dbdc05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.2 KB
MD5: b1e2e95bc5c3165731a3a9dd7046ee7b SHA-1: 5ae6f97512dd301088cc9cd242d2d663cd40df3d SHA-256: dddafa8da5dbdc055cb83fd64f964bd9b0544f6d36d27865532f8b1c7aa966d3
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes an eval() call, indicating obfuscated code execution. The JavaScript stream is associated with an embedded Flash (SWF) file, which is a common vector for delivering exploits or further malicious content. The ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports the malicious nature of the file. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging PDF vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code via JavaScript and Flash.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
KOuKWkxlCLGrA.swf
767382813fc770c9716554c3266b22eee1636037ca964af05acf6ff66db4a27d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x9BF 26993 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
1582f6bf1de877ce99343c00e7e948c16e35e506da899ab76c39f78419ecec84
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x15B 899 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).