Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22a67342a9573cf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.0 KB
MD5: e1460783185132a3c115177007e79810 SHA-1: a3615edc415d57c453cb187294b54260108cb12b SHA-256: 22a67342a9573cf08918731b1e6d7af18a45c47468ac5329cb4a1232c42867ca
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128 and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript streams were detected, suggesting the PDF is designed to exploit a vulnerability and execute malicious code. The exact nature of the exploit and payload is not fully discernible from the provided information, but the presence of JavaScript actions and streams points to a common PDF exploitation technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
1f187d3d41c370cfa92ee8c69a9d228b878ce479098a835d5774ea3aa0c93b94
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 45305 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
2d95d5ea52378404ac0247ada6a7651687dbccfb1db0b6b505bbd8273a37679a
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x1E7 33047 bytes