Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e90dbdf0a24b76e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

152.4 KB Authoring application: Python PDF Library 055 http072057057pybrary056net057pyPdf057
MD5: cea91c0d44ab1964f73e19339cf1a961 SHA-1: 82a70636e856dc0b58c1c0c9f821f16d26a452ec SHA-256: e90dbdf0a24b76e1e37198ff0abd832e8e3cd22ef9bc5625d236f2fcb8cf8382
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including embedded JavaScript, a Flash object, and a secondary embedded PDF. The presence of these elements suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded Flash object and JavaScript are particularly concerning, indicating a potential for drive-by downloads or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
pushpro.swf
f30a754153ec4fca6ea9fb770704c65d16bb94933b633b8d6ec5725c761d79c6
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 7 at offset 0xB4F 772 bytes
polyglot_child_pdf_off000248e2.pdf
7408b7a8083a3943ec928fd9a857da557803ea0b67dc10466fa0ba90a6ea02fe
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x248E2 6297 bytes