Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 097a6ae05f1ba7d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.3 KB Authoring application: substr
MD5: a4555949e20302a79604bbfd6f1e760b SHA-1: f8aacb4a2c0ef56e802a8939e82125043d7c033a SHA-256: 097a6ae05f1ba7d998579d0197af256100a7dd2b82d931c994190cac37df52a8
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics and a high ML score. The script reconstructs a URL from concatenated strings and uses it to download and execute a payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Malware.Agent-7659009-0' further supports its malicious nature. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a malicious PDF attachment to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Malware.Agent-7659009-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Malware.Agent-7659009-0
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
1fe7ac4a8cad06f0a00e37639409b9d5e545bb711acbb413d0793462bbb1b419
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xB2A2 418 bytes