Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 191b4a0fe9840b5b…

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: b9478cbcac9326427d4399ac01c6ad80 SHA-1: 3875eaa56ed169965a2b367e5fc9f2dfa3c44448 SHA-256: 191b4a0fe9840b5b1cc7540a39ceb3f8897e94385c013859f62e3b2eaf1ee348
206 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
2f846a9e7032d9c6e7f6a222d035393b2c041efc8ff715e8e6bcf300ee3114e2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13339 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).