Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e82466eaad9d3f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: c6c29edc6c6ddddc8792f0ff35e7fa56 SHA-1: 2a02c017768c4b8be636cac07ef4e4d61d64d6f3 SHA-256: 1e82466eaad9d3f2fbe8562edf2c9ee99991ea2cc3da9d6e22c1c9cf72807ab6
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The exact exploit and payload are not detailed, but the presence of JavaScript points to code execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
8018cbe0845157b81be3e3a7b41662447e9fbcf2f39a18482eef31a0f6f645f3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9C5 479 bytes