Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ea7cc488cd7b002…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.6 KB
MD5: be2d4593ebeb8eb4c17350d4a5df7a43 SHA-1: 1292c7db8ac6fc7ff169f24472bc843afeece9c3 SHA-256: 2ea7cc488cd7b002906fa1b6744f0fe454f0099d38d88954a1b95723ef5f1da1
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is flagged by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL due to an eval() call. A machine learning classifier also identified the PDF as malicious with high confidence. ClamAV detected it as Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7596576-0. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic and the ClamAV signature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7596576-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7596576-0
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0009_000.js
ac50ed44cf0d1c5c926abc4e9f56a040abe58ea0b6a0f01d23e0ba9702e2ba6e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0xD6 2229 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).