Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e52317034316c1b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.9 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via ubst)
MD5: 49ad468df5f7d4f1aebe431683abbe9c SHA-1: c0d26ee14c6fbce09dd3396806bc0b3f082e569e SHA-256: e52317034316c1b5b63f0fecfd6f261cd3603f8dfa9f7d2091e249d394995d3b
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. This JavaScript is likely responsible for executing malicious code or downloading further stages, contributing to the overall malicious nature of the document. The SHA256 hash is provided as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
ec27946d7f6afb15ab4078afbc87b8e4547fcd9734e0ceb7883227afbeffab40
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 50355 bytes