Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e831ffc1586cd9f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.1 KB Created: 2011-10-06 11:32:09 +03:00 Authoring application: Wiki Vermont Loans (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: eaa3ec4170426319250396bff841291c SHA-1: 1998561930105b9392696280d6c721f758135159 SHA-256: e831ffc1586cd9f02a7bce2a211e23e9c956eae7bd4dc4a44bf90388a6afbc86
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_UNESCAPE. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. The extracted JavaScript files, javascript_obj0027_000.js and javascript_obj0027_001.js, are suspicious and likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The obfuscation present in these scripts further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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_obj0027_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x94E7 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_obj0027_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x94E7 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).