Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eda5292bab4ede2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.7 KB Created: 2010-09-03 08:30:37 Authoring application: Xijokanilohova (via 65f7dKmgxaloxaxgi)
MD5: 2826dfa58c485813f74543a7f92d6575 SHA-1: 8fccf5f69c4e3e38dbcf6d986eb5fc51ac351cf7 SHA-256: eda5292bab4ede2f18fe37d181056904276e73992c897c93aef511ef878e9509
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing obfuscated JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including ClamAV's detection of an obfuscated name object. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests an attempt to exploit a PDF vulnerability to execute malicious code. The exact nature of the JavaScript payload is unclear due to obfuscation, but it is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0011_000.js
d75aba2bc241d027161697fa7aada0bf45c7afe5b58fce1bb0bf66350349f123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1208 1983 bytes