Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2da82573f01e7f9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1964-01-01 Authoring application: 6206
MD5: d7f673b50077d4a7fb3a29a08aa55650 SHA-1: 56a7a5eba91004b24250079cdc85f57d35bbbfd9 SHA-256: 2da82573f01e7f9c94fb18201c8843128999392f2b0a237ddbb25b77f22a50fb
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of an extracted JavaScript file. ClamAV detected this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014', suggesting it exploits known PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier also strongly flagged it as malicious. The JavaScript likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
94ba7ca1bc641f71788739a5f4c403440ee0b845f577f2a2887471c51f630b57
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4764 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).