Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35bef0be7ae7ee5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.1 KB Created: 2010-04-15 07:29:06 +04:00 Authoring application: TCPDF (via TCPDF 4.8.032 (http://www.tcpdf.org))
MD5: de0b2f8d8d93947cfed7b85c71422107 SHA-1: 4679b458dc71f1e5e72d683ab0d4cdffb37149ac SHA-256: 35bef0be7ae7ee5a574884fe26a748600e4f37a8e5b4af2b591e641e3e82fd1a
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22224 and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The JavaScript action and embedded JS stream heuristics indicate that the script is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. No specific IOCs were extracted, but the presence of JavaScript and the high confidence ML score suggest a high likelihood of exploit execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22224 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22224
  • 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.
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0010_000.js
fbd6af12bbfbdc9f227795b60594076196b4aba231fef649bbc4cf14ef7a3605
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x89E5 1344 bytes