Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d6a70164c382e82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

375.0 KB
MD5: 109ab8767243e0c0471df5c5b5e60dd4 SHA-1: 4ee0505743c174f16747830cb90abfb179142995 SHA-256: 2d6a70164c382e820941be072a575b3b392c099e3c9fdcbbc1084cdecf2ff055
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including critical detections from ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. Embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS rules, is likely responsible for executing the exploit. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary IOC is the embedded JavaScript file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
7a7fc9f4dd1065069033c3cf3a90923277594bece0fabb5f6d9cbfdb3a3fc09a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 127736 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely