Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01ed69bd537c3b98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

27.3 KB
MD5: 60f33578b4e1e72f604221e0a5cee06e SHA-1: a122a8434b492401eb10adcc52a2f01bf7421d05 SHA-256: 01ed69bd537c3b98e89d633ca20393103d5e1568e46dbb8a20f6c89126a9e895
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955'. A Flash object (SWF) was extracted from the PDF, indicating a likely exploit delivery mechanism. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams further suggests the PDF is designed to execute malicious code upon opening.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
SWFNAME.swf
c2b666a3ef4c191b77b78c037656e50477b8ba3d35fd61ae843a3a1f4d41c5c1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x453 26774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.