Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 003b21c878467b24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

23.2 KB
MD5: b413e0786eb75b48379fa33880ecb24d SHA-1: 0dce47fc787bf43a293c623e8855d1f40677037d SHA-256: 003b21c878467b24a8d3b1147a821e4e739f2d4d987ad445c086575a29a6ed44
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely as a dropper. While no specific URLs or executable content were directly extracted, the presence of JavaScript points to an attempt to execute malicious code, potentially to download and run a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-5343066-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-5343066-0
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objstm_0019_00.bin
729414f6718edf0ec69ca74ac4aadd8cf5d728dc183704dd6bc7f97d97bd8911
pdf-objstm-decoded PDF /ObjStm 19 0 obj (inflated) 270 bytes