Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32cc67bcd71ea752…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.3 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: d9294b5e8556d4b465fc1bd8ac26a253 SHA-1: ffc7aa4022daad3403abc8762ffda4485b031e88 SHA-256: 32cc67bcd71ea752ef3cbce3aae90df395350d3760d472d2685285b1b3fcce61
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript with multiple eval() calls, indicating an attempt to deobfuscate and execute malicious code. The JavaScript likely aims to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF viewer to achieve arbitrary code execution. The specific exploit is identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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_obj0013_000.js
e91d08c5db8463af618bc5e971ff62dab136beb0b0af0907c4f53bfabc56711b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13092 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 7 long base64-like blob(s).