Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f02d39fa1166706…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.0 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: c23a3904216698dcb942f3d026bee173 SHA-1: 608d7b9b4ffaf14732a2a1fda8e234bb5a74469b SHA-256: 0f02d39fa116670670a59ec47d49e40204eb7e2f94e414c01c8ab65d00df1f2c
270 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 containing obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes eval() calls, indicating an attempt to exploit a client-side vulnerability. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristics. The embedded URLs are likely related to the download infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

  • 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-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://phpnet.us/byet300x250.php
    • http://ad.foxnetworks.com/st?ad_type=pop&ad_size=0x0&section=204717&banned_pop_types=28&pop_times=5&pop_frequency=86400

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
322c8deed9709849f1234796b9af6b6ac9665f5bcb288b58a254ca28b5c1f6a4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3DB 5932 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).