Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9d859887920fb06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.4 KB Created: 2011-01-14 00:19:29 +02:00 Authoring application: http://google.wiki.usfca.edu/ (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: eb92c5378a7e92d7ff975a73734efcf4 SHA-1: f07bc330933fbf1da6ccc8557eaaf0d6f5002713 SHA-256: e9d859887920fb06f3c4f5db8455158ed331d55c51e1c8a9c901e816c0cc23d1
68 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier with high confidence. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic further supports its malicious nature. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0031_000.js' likely contains the malicious script responsible for the PDF's behavior, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 3

  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0031_000.js
a2620a0be21a26956e8296a3c8163c8c260cb6a920586f15a19c6e170ac30940
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 31 at offset 0xAA1F 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).
stream_004_off00002187.bin
99bd4c8d43a56e6d194c2d4e6ce3ee0c8ebc60912ddb61573dbbdb94a45e6b91
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2187 18016 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005036.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5036 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007e76.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7E76 18720 bytes