Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e09ec082e944f19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

146.6 KB
MD5: 33e47cebd1242e575f2391c3f56cbad5 SHA-1: cdb95a1936e19fd4b6a8dbc079a8fd91976e4b26 SHA-256: 1e09ec082e944f1983fb5528b146f5537c4377e24ecb5594e17bb51a3b9e7517
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript and the use of PDF-specific exploit techniques like unescape() and ASCIIHexDecode. The embedded JavaScript streams are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though their exact function is obscured by obfuscation. The document body contains garbled text, suggesting it is not intended for direct user interaction but rather to facilitate the exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.bitstream.com
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
228a94cf139d9aa62ac97cdcba996edda3286e0c0a95d6dae2751fc24978a165
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 27429 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0013_001.js
5d513bdf51822209295f4376c65a423ef38c3f5851ccefc2f85331ce5b4cead1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x1056D 27437 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bin
a8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 65932 bytes