Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee84cf1cd2bacc9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 8f919209bbd62f80d67dc905c5db6bb8 SHA-1: 3f69d3c79676b5abdf5facfe422046f34e15e52b SHA-256: ee84cf1cd2bacc9d867e335598964a04a3f5f8210074fc647051b15f1d69f592
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing an exploit or downloading a secondary payload, though its specific actions are not detailed in the provided evidence. The document body appears to be metadata and copyright information, not user-facing content.

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
ffdc59d3e68cafb72cb77fbd0200a62d4ffb06e0d3c368e91aaffcad91797c6a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45588 bytes