Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1b7b07b5d338f9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.6 KB
MD5: 01977e1413f706f4ca079352e96d8428 SHA-1: 65049200827279cfa1f339e323be73174c339f10 SHA-256: f1b7b07b5d338f9fcd050898a1d7574465ac6cb4b384df19bf0ab6475b304b72
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. The presence of `unescape()` and JavaScript streams, along with the extracted file `javascript_obj0017_000.js`, suggests the script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The document body contains strings like 'exploit.swf' which may be related to the exploit or payload.

Heuristics 6

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
09da31fcb002129249bb529a7f84709739a96f62781db5f4c6d9bf6e4308eb15
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4D1 102 bytes
javascript_obj0017_000.js
41e7103ad1b8a8ebad46d677251280bd74e4a70333f4833478194035cce300bd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x5EB 1649 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).