Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa3cf5785120784a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.3 KB Created: 2006-02-16 15:03:51 -08:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.5 for PowerPoint (via substr)
MD5: 7968f0893b16c9036537d645972d94e6 SHA-1: d67e02d48ae62c8f0c0351b07c5b8a863d8ad6d2 SHA-256: fa3cf5785120784a8ff343d9d3a5a91be4662d58b6fe03087f162c04c032667e
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' strongly suggests it's a malicious exploit. The large embedded JavaScript object likely contains code to download and execute a second-stage payload, although its specific actions are not detailed in the provided evidence.

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
44cd6a7937b279f5da7d02dce966784d8d37a6c87e3a811f83cf46413611e9ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x99C 45655 bytes