Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff4cfd6601bf4bb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.7 KB Created: 2010-09-03 08:30:37 Authoring application: Xijokanilohova (via 7579dKmgxaloxaxgi)
MD5: e1e8da62629d575036997464a7fd86d1 SHA-1: 86903d706942fc4519186bdc9573bacd820ac123 SHA-256: ff4cfd6601bf4bb0af286e43c69f17f8e558ad5c0b1d4bedfa43e5357ce67f21
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV with a critical heuristic for obfuscated objects. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though its exact function is obscured. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams points to a common delivery mechanism for malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0011_000.js
d75aba2bc241d027161697fa7aada0bf45c7afe5b58fce1bb0bf66350349f123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1208 1983 bytes