Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 406d12bab997c7f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: fe0a8f12b634d8239ff584aa989ff5b2 SHA-1: cf51d2e6a671d4a6af2139004e1b7cc7833b5c11 SHA-256: 406d12bab997c7f58690fcf74cdbdb34f20637eddc31f40742c33195f5e7f2a1
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066, and a machine learning classifier also flagged it as malicious with high confidence. The presence of embedded JavaScript actions and streams indicates that the PDF is designed to execute code, likely to exploit vulnerabilities and download a secondary payload. The specific exploit and payload are not detailed in the provided evidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes