Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bf02a6a266a382f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.8 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 9d785695e7182340d4e093a2b900451e SHA-1: 5b98d751cb1363fb3dfe6c58957d6a65e0d9ac29 SHA-256: 1bf02a6a266a382fe9d383fbe9f1f0fee68d094986223e3e43b225a6a757a7d7
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes an eval() call, a common technique for obfuscating malicious code. The script reconstructs a string using concatenation and then executes it, indicating it's designed to download and run a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
ffbeb144e68fd7b05903a36b237990887f0a6269a337953fbbcccb50df0e1fe5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13554 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).