Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d183b490ba79dc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.1 KB Created: 2010-04-15 07:34:31 +04:00 Authoring application: TCPDF (via TCPDF 4.8.032 (http://www.tcpdf.org))
MD5: 3cd697885e1a7337411e0e24287395e3 SHA-1: 3339fffb3887c11deb03287e061104f627f08155 SHA-256: 0d183b490ba79dc888f4fa672bfdb8ad843c6e47a27b7395f7f0251e784c4ca2
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22222. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The script reconstructs the string 'evil(iap5XMaL)' and schedules it to run after 100 milliseconds, indicating a malicious intent to execute arbitrary code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22222 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22222
  • 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
2ca8184f4a4ac840ee5e7a65d40d37109d005151a818039854cf7ab07944ba5a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x89EE 1344 bytes