Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09c3624f284e498b…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

37.9 KB Created: 2010-04-13 03:25:44 +04:00 Authoring application: TCPDF (via TCPDF 4.8.032 (http://www.tcpdf.org))
MD5: 6608f4f1241832d51c322d96482c25af SHA-1: 1d0522b491671ff5d9448da708b18478ac9dca38 SHA-256: 09c3624f284e498b83ba4ff55315a75fa6eca18d1db7c56bfed22b89a207faca
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, with ClamAV detecting it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22449. The embedded JavaScript, obfuscated but partially reconstructible, uses a setTimeout function to execute a string derived from annotations within the PDF. This string, when decoded, likely forms a command to download and execute a secondary payload, indicating a typical exploit delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22449 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22449
  • 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.
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0010_000.js
ca064ac1b1e0841df69652f2fb80fb2b01cf73d0b8e2ec4f7dfddf71cb0813af
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x8D14 1346 bytes