Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f06d478773bf34ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.3 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: lice (via ubst)
MD5: b5a300fe0784d0a4438ed8164601cf2b SHA-1: 1c572c29f8977c75d4d2b95b932c145e732237a3 SHA-256: f06d478773bf34ab97b054c0a5060d613c4059ff6c21dc8dc88bdc886d6e3351
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Static analysis identified embedded JavaScript, indicating the PDF likely contains an exploit designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
593dc7cfd4509660a4a0becba0162409d603e3f80034008525b50d73c8a5f89c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x955 50740 bytes