Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b051e30dd1b6691…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7330-01-01 Authoring application: 444
MD5: f4d8b2c14b4d294f9fddaeb076590432 SHA-1: c91240c62f4e403d45948821ca92c0cb7cb658dd SHA-256: 3b051e30dd1b66912784e48553a44207cb98af0bd8f0bae019f5742888449c61
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. A machine learning classifier and ClamAV also flagged this file as malicious, specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation and is likely responsible for executing the exploit. The embedded URL heuristic suggests the script may attempt to download additional malicious content.

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
0608c908901a6f1f7284d15b2de57763545838c029a9fb7b57769311cbb354c8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4813 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).