Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 062f7cb67644391b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: 33b50999338ed74db42e661a7f4ff9eb SHA-1: e5acebfc233a2abdaa245f8b0e465a0677fb5954 SHA-256: 062f7cb67644391bc0d3a44949a0ad4e6bedc95e702a208a97c4829e6c5b14da
206 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes the unescape function, a common indicator of exploit code. The JavaScript appears to be designed to execute arbitrary code, likely downloading and running a secondary payload. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121, further confirming its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • 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-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
ebbe6b3cd1cd519c6b631c05838f82b7c2c14aa94518ed7a5ff9f437b51ea54b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9CF 435 bytes