Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 139c63007c11903a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: bb112b22e4c14c62c6fe55b0f51ee45e SHA-1: 0bf8aea97d9ea38255ab861c4ff4a167913c565b SHA-256: 139c63007c11903aa94fed79e15cdd24866ac5cc7efe78e0a7e43c21e98528c9
206 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes an unescape function, a common technique for obfuscating malicious code. The script appears to be designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript, likely to download and run a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, pointing towards an exploit targeting PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • 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-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
0672848c9146ccaa6562107b1895e76f7d01243eff4771a433ac34cacbcd8a5b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9C2 478 bytes