Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1409c1ff4c2ba04e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.5 KB Authoring application: Tisilarehaue (via 4fd2dTibedegabala)
MD5: 6984273daeaa4da88cd5f423787a0c67 SHA-1: 73606688d36c13245d8d39831d3000d470304ede SHA-256: 1409c1ff4c2ba04ee099de4935d6cf59a673873cf2de2396402eb0e57d2f1460
106 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, flagged by multiple heuristics and a high-confidence ML classifier. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36142. The JavaScript code appears to be obfuscated but attempts to construct and evaluate a string that likely leads to the download and execution of a secondary payload, indicated by the use of 'eval' and string manipulation functions. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to client execution via the exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36142 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36142
  • 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_obj0010_000.js
d4dce4f95f7146e3b127d68edf45ceb045483a205d9e9a2a53d6e6b80d83b663
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x1230 1728 bytes