Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2571e5d6a7674520…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9389-01-01 Authoring application: 5352
MD5: e46c6cccc0cbae77ed4248e19a339031 SHA-1: 8f704bcaebc8521a69f3ea84ce0b5543a40712f8 SHA-256: 2571e5d6a7674520ae9c0cfd08ea7dc07218611f797228ccea95068c48b11752
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically detecting an exploit. Embedded JavaScript, obfuscated with hex escapes, is present and likely responsible for the exploit execution. The ClamAV signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' indicates a known exploit targeting PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
65250133c47b2f2810541873cc13a35d44f5accdb41e6b787c103054d0549201
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4739 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).