PDF malware analysis — malicious · 2dfb901bc9a24a53

MALICIOUS

PDF

147.5 KB

MD5: 0bb4b13e5a61040d07f1613048032b61 SHA-1: f6a88662bc1de141e164681666c064c8fcecbdce SHA-256: 2dfb901bc9a24a539dbe511096d9aa769729c19babf396ad837413bc77eb9e75

176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript, XFA form usage, and a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189'. The presence of unescape() calls and ASCIIHexDecode filters suggests an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. The embedded JavaScript streams, though not fully detailed here, are strongly indicative of an exploit attempt. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with a high probability of being malicious. The primary attack vector appears to be leveraging a PDF vulnerability to execute arbitrary code via JavaScript.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
URL http://www.bitstream.com
- http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_000.js` `1bc468527182cafdb5b79a957e100ab6f0e9f81422cbb5e52546a5f444dae8a5`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531	27749 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `c2da6ce93a4e67bc0d751fd97fdad4829a5207cc8d63e3078b09d85af8cf8db7`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x1056D	27757 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bin` `a8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352	65932 bytes

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