Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f075521bbf6b4a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 827f5ba402174f55b7557ea4e3e5fefd SHA-1: 8f77d6dc07e8e664444350b85453c13fa211e89a SHA-256: 0f075521bbf6b4a23354e6a60a7bf0c164faa87f1ae8eb4e234c4a1dda393cee
268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript, including multiple eval() calls, which is indicative of exploit code. Heuristics and ClamAV detections confirm this is a known PDF exploit. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
7d3a46e1520f0b62b2a9ffc0eaf0a6fdc7770d814ca7d2342ef18113131e7b85
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13383 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 20 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0013_001.js
8b182a9abee824b7770dfc3c2be82bb0d3598b85c7c19a8f3046855ac19230eb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x359 14089 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 20 long base64-like blob(s).