Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c00c5fcaaea2db1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 209 Authoring application: 1461
MD5: 2a79020d906a5f3801ad31d6bc16185a SHA-1: 898da762837f822e925ba13548d53c3e18d45878 SHA-256: 1c00c5fcaaea2db10d821d9646c7a936e6150dedb573ecbc38839e907b2de93a
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of an extracted JavaScript file. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically targeting PDF vulnerabilities. The extracted JavaScript file, named 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains the malicious code responsible for exploiting the PDF vulnerability and executing further actions, such as downloading additional malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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_001.js
5956d2528bd89918794359fa974f3507daf21484f2d5487863b9243827e7c619
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4747 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).