Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fe02bfabf840a6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3859-01-01 Authoring application: 8267
MD5: 1aa3021f6f0170fe223b9e8b138b292d SHA-1: 4feb374bfa80d2c71ed9703bc3baca2fc55cd8c8 SHA-256: 3fe02bfabf840a6a6da8f8ce199703c0020626e69d3e535a39fc1aff69ab90d6
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. Static triage also indicated suspicious JavaScript obfuscation. The embedded JavaScript stream is likely responsible for executing the exploit, leading to the malicious verdict. The ML classifier output further reinforces the high likelihood of malicious intent.

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
b9148dbd09827e03149ba7c1acad45b413df33208e17c76e3ce4bb0a5a2d5e62
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4753 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).