Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f210f4726eec268b…

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: b7402eb374a2a1374b6d1755335e324f SHA-1: 62a6bf518d68f1ca09be65e423bf94d2b0235a6e SHA-256: f210f4726eec268b60ae59c0e727e9f51a06b3933e5eb2b1e6e224da8bbb168d
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams, suggesting the PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript likely downloads and executes a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94'.

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
59d88484cc4b9379d65844c198311f338e737aa6176f36856a68bb1cbeb2d8f2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45592 bytes