Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 256a42d89a648645…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: be8cafead3ae18cf47aff05983b51707 SHA-1: 999e005871e9b1c8aa38d7999fd8f7912c553730 SHA-256: 256a42d89a648645964c0488f534b677dd8b5d048785e2b5ffbd872fbdd8a89e
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple detection engines, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, which identified it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36722. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by heuristic firings and the embedded artifact, suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader to execute malicious code. The primary attack vector appears to be leveraging JavaScript to achieve initial compromise.

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
b6e8a683cc2101bc23bf030cec854381ffbc5b80b2203f9005ad5af6c12cfefb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11243 bytes