Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d7c169cc52e01cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9360-01-01 Authoring application: 1174
MD5: fda954bef897d5120e74b201846e8ef2 SHA-1: 4878222619f77190388051bff301ef26e85215d9 SHA-256: 3d7c169cc52e01cb8a5a8f4fa77452877f06913bb9c8359839beeebd2b2c2cba
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically targeting PDF exploits. The extracted JavaScript file, javascript_obj0013_001.js, is flagged for obfuscation and likely serves to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
0a943008faa185b88f0095191b1619c38b9e3a47cd46f9774e97a7e2856f3c5e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4791 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).