Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 026579e67b6e1106…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 3e3685021e964b951c010052c6a7f903 SHA-1: 7b2b6b068803eedfb099d1e73b5e7ba743884cdb SHA-256: 026579e67b6e11066d617a778ba88b8f7b5579722c40d3c8d38a8c21f01a9ff3
268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes eval() calls, a common technique for executing malicious code. The presence of PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER and ClamAV detections strongly indicates exploitation of a PDF vulnerability. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the heuristic firings and the nature of the embedded scripts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • 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.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
6e08e837426c6f556054e7d59d9a77a16aeb9a7978b63968e25d1a20fb81d04a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13400 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0013_001.js
17acbc205ecd60afbb62935e016e5b8061150e94d7bbf9fd001e966e1f8a203e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x359 14106 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).