Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2a6f0bfe2e1466b…

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: a7ee05732bc151287c415fb15cdda157 SHA-1: 32c273b088e28af32f33e52076f398c871b21258 SHA-256: f2a6f0bfe2e1466b39b92d121a81266dfcba057a1ec73bef3f0dd0b485752d8d
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94) and a machine learning classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities and download further malicious content. The large size of the embedded JavaScript stream (45613 bytes) suggests it may contain obfuscated code intended to achieve this malicious objective.

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
56262de03232d3c630ccb92f9c672c873eda559d8a9778d70a12ce0882e2601a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45613 bytes