Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23f18de8c10abfeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 9b122b9351c75193839cb9080548cc56 SHA-1: 82df613be2dfdc82c7a44d532e77ce3eb20738db SHA-256: 23f18de8c10abfeb5f1caa08d4c163771fd547047eb5879da78bdb4d6e3c5e96
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. This embedded script is likely responsible for exploiting vulnerabilities within the PDF reader, leading to the execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36722 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36722
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
809f453c05c7a3647bfdcd83396899a4effbe8437d9169cd628c7cfa0dd29f69
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11686 bytes