Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44715210e2da2ad4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

147.2 KB
MD5: cfe16d4f7ff081277503c4b51ba6940d SHA-1: 189162fa94365c6fa4d70b3ccbd441ff50e07861 SHA-256: 44715210e2da2ad41353d9ffa5790ee263bbc76fc1d03e236372d5994429c21e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams that are obfuscated and utilize unescape functions, indicating an attempt to hide malicious code. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a malicious PDF exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload from one of the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.bitstream.com
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
b1795db9cf2f51d45b754348c2a0ff09674df19ee8516989fa37a42fa3c6d136
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 27637 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0013_001.js
e612bb1c95063ccb89692e016bc5628cfae72b2a76edb8f3d0adc7c5f1afcdf5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x1056D 27645 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bin
a8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 65932 bytes