Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f37d5caf9b29db98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.1 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: a35fc7e070fb7ddd2a97b430b415b9ac SHA-1: 710eb2404f03f8fa3cf28acf63513ba34d2c4190 SHA-256: f37d5caf9b29db98f7884926a1535a69b5e534c0478cab48b3643d709654cb01
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a critical ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94', indicating it contains known exploit code. Additionally, ML classification strongly supports its malicious nature. The presence of embedded JavaScript, detected by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests the file attempts to execute malicious code, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

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
fe00fb97b77f9b65b59d8a65b8477a6cc0d7c252408296fe580ae3e3980800d1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 45505 bytes