Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0aac08d6bd92f674…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 455664c0d66f8a94b7ebf994174c5bf8 SHA-1: f8275c42dc3741c7549a75b07a02313cc5a53702 SHA-256: 0aac08d6bd92f674cb3754f8d429b0af0ef0d13dbb91bfaa840319edb21b9b64
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML confidence indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF viewers to execute arbitrary code. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the heuristic firings for PDF JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams. The authoring application and metadata do not provide specific family attribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes