Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3f6b63b32ae8d93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

28.0 KB Created: 2011-08-02 20:38:13 +03:00 Authoring application: docs.codehaus.org (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 09b8bfda59d17ebd3548a96018f82ab8 SHA-1: 9ff4d030b0d1a91f56947414b66e9bd0986b01f1 SHA-256: f3f6b63b32ae8d9386c8551b7cb150a47004e021a915bd446cfe9bfbf591d907
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_UNESCAPE. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. The embedded JavaScript, named javascript_obj0022_000.js, is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0022_000.js
df7e0affd237ec8d83f2947a5a6b8abd8fdb1a8dcb1a8ff2d1b4022d2913ab67
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x687A 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
stream_003_off00001305.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1305 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004117.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4117 17892 bytes