Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1be9e840d21a9ae4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.9 KB
MD5: be06e8eab377c005e1e72104de2d5e77 SHA-1: acfc9622c1490b590ec0e9db6b692e7d4e7ddd65 SHA-256: 1be9e840d21a9ae425cc1b9b68468219624b0642d25bccb99bc34564aafeb74e
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7235667-0' ClamAV signature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7235667-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7235667-0
  • 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_obj0026_000.js
a8bab585eb0ee1bbc1b2976002c040c1c33ca0500d3c2ca75c8503dba68cab51
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 26 at offset 0x3967 36668 bytes