Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4204a8da510f028…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via subst)
MD5: cf768f53d07a6d978b95e42af9f2d6d1 SHA-1: dedb28a671ae598dc4019639b86628becd9cca63 SHA-256: f4204a8da510f0285a8acc9281c6f6f7a7d538ee203263c6895f206002b3a4dd
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities and downloading secondary payloads. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests an exploit attempt.

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
f9ddaddd77e95888f9589e4bb0917a3f4318b771d3b90abb145fe05607c8a35d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99B 45579 bytes