Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebbc69e9bddc945b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.1 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 451615bd02f18941bbf89a10254f5ba6 SHA-1: d5ceb08cd503cebc2eb6d266c4ab4da0a71a22dc SHA-256: ebbc69e9bddc945b3608efcaf77571502ce9198c14931bf918be411d5a8d6829
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94, indicating it contains an exploit. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests the script is used to execute malicious code. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for exploit-based PDF attacks.

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
8ad39047b98612b8fafe821bafe26ab7791bd169e4ba25e832b006e5061edb8b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45439 bytes