Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e143ca0eb0f3326c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.2 KB Authoring application: Python PDF Library 055 http072057057pybrary056net057pyPdf057
MD5: c6ffd68ceaca961cdd3254133abc1ef0 SHA-1: 6deeae54e27c702b98be9b37c739c178d60ef1fd SHA-256: e143ca0eb0f3326c83a904083c83e5cb673ba9595f2f7faf9a5268272d5bc1fe
64 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded Flash content and JavaScript actions, indicating an attempt to exploit a vulnerability. The embedded SWF file and JavaScript stream are common delivery mechanisms for exploits. While the embedded URL was confirmed benign, the presence of these exploit vectors warrants a high degree of suspicion.

Heuristics 5

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
swf
70e6dbce3b11aaece2d38f1d315dee7736c7ab9138a74cdadc8126393c857018
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x1078 781 bytes