Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4316f138afcbbb27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.7 KB Created: 2010-01-11 20:29:21 +03:00 Authoring application: manyTypeAre (via e8ff7030a0d078bec25f25c9b705d228)
MD5: c32b984ec49ddd23a8a9656c8d450e55 SHA-1: 7b188e5a45584a0902022925b191f892671255bd SHA-256: 4316f138afcbbb279d8df8fbdf74980601b9d428d3a8b7632203c8cf586fdc16
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, with heuristics indicating the use of eval() and obfuscation. ClamAV identified this as Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7255044-0, suggesting it acts as a dropper. The ML classifier also flagged it as malicious with high confidence. The embedded JavaScript likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7255044-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7255044-0
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0016_000.js
874797dd3d1a0f0ead8270a52b07a4bc75f961790ce5243bf3de26cf935ea62f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 16 at offset 0x249E 37307 bytes
javascript_obj0018_001.js
3ce0c6d654c836357f5392e4dcf7617c22d842311a55e5e48f7e6ce3a6b6f287
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 18 at offset 0x8317 1753 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).