Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0744dfffc4b3ab6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.1 KB Created: 2010-12-07 15:54:57 +02:00 Authoring application: Bad Credit Payday Loans Online (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 27e0c72a2e41accea3db548ae5c3137a SHA-1: e556f58ce82ed950ea6974332185e997aac86f30 SHA-256: e0744dfffc4b3ab6ba3f9fec37e9dada49e2ae7d7dcd2b9fe87860c775c1e8d2
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier strongly suggests maliciousness. The JavaScript appears to be obfuscated, as suggested by the EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE heuristic and the use of unescape() calls. The embedded JavaScript likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, though the exact actions are obscured. The presence of two JavaScript objects suggests a multi-stage approach.

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 0xC6D0 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 0xC6D0 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).