Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1421a1127e869383…

MALICIOUS

PDF

389.1 KB
MD5: 67e40d630658df2ce675b7de77749ee4 SHA-1: c7bd7603137c5eddb8f55085cf3b028c10f264be SHA-256: 1421a1127e869383fff775607feb011a40485480b3f2a2ed4f805aaf4a5603bc
186 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 is heavily obfuscated. The script appears to be a downloader that decodes a string, likely a URL, to fetch and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175
  • 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.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
9ac8eb3f5e934960772bb6b10bc8ca4a152636e5df76ab9f336fec3d21569817
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 132542 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely