Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a3bcc516a258be0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2656-01-01 Authoring application: 5461
MD5: dedf13c751d8a7eec988225953c53dce SHA-1: 81bcefc3836c11004b5ce060d12df7b55c8ed079 SHA-256: 2a3bcc516a258be0d109b057fe151bd6f2fedd896fa609aa524876179687ffbc
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Script Execution: JavaScript Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS and CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristics confirm its malicious nature, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, although its specific actions are obfuscated. The EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE heuristic noted script obfuscation indicators.

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
556c54313ae3c78cdbcb9f5751d0f1c506da3509f0f774e87a0eade544ae8304
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4756 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).