PDF malware analysis — malicious · 43bea5b5b02532c6

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.3 KB

MD5: af20f90261f04a8c42082e91e27ebce2 SHA-1: 8e080543927e13fb47ad648b31f2f78023d98151 SHA-256: 43bea5b5b02532c6238351ad20bfbda10f54a75288333a58f63824348b5a019c

304 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. The JavaScript is likely responsible for loading the embedded SWF (Flash) file, which is a known vector for delivering exploits or further malicious payloads. ClamAV detections further confirm the malicious nature of the PDF and its extracted components.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 10

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA

PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`SWFNAME.swf` `a98024b4ee1377e872e3ebaf1c361600c270db5fd5ba79f256106c0c566dde29`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xC2F	26777 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `e1ab3bbf30605cecdce6db9d2556198626dbb178f7a4cb471a9436bb6e8bd92f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x833	462 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `1611eb47b34d04c92f6e29c01d69cc49f226be35415d8efc0f538dc9e4b3c2a2`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x64	3482 bytes

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