Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6678ff1c2055f7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

193.2 KB Created: 2011-07-12 10:25:36 +08:00 Authoring application: SmartPrinter V4.0
MD5: b61e559519f36ae5b8c6070b93c05a3c SHA-1: c4cce37b120b5e15c3e558c82125fc6135dc21a4 SHA-256: f6678ff1c2055f7c19bedfdadbc7e7a275bff9ff81828487e38c3638d01ce4fc
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a secondary embedded PDF, both flagged as suspicious. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams, along with the 'POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE' heuristic, suggests the PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities and likely download and execute additional malicious content. The extracted artifacts 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' and 'polyglot_child_pdf_off00017618.pdf' are key indicators of this multi-stage attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 5

  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings high POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
ff856f272a52c1480d3305f6c82c53e85b0ddf5718abd4f3314f3a3726757db2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x12D 15946 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
font_00_sfnt_off0001bed0.bin
0bf1c57046cb4e268e2c15454a1be3e6bd70aec440451648e7ffae6d1706f56c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BED0 21284 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001e906.bin
3f7fb02b5829df5e27a79fe9d7b6232716a28325c5ef1a4743ce1a884a0168a3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E906 268600 bytes
polyglot_child_pdf_off00017618.pdf
370f8d03ae65a7905adbc2ae68fd0c042a3d0901b0f65ab29fe4997cbbad00f2
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x17618 102027 bytes