Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4573aba2afbf6216…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 12fd7f1c19099d6cf41546048d8a3cae SHA-1: 260191a1a279d2c42687d99d1b607f4e2fa98109 SHA-256: 4573aba2afbf6216aad2d3cdde86f8c5e7ca90b9560c05bfa7c2c8c718c6cbe5
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript was detected, suggesting the PDF attempts to exploit a vulnerability to run arbitrary code. The exact nature of the exploit and its payload could not be determined due to the obfuscated nature of the embedded script.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
0ab74ba6c9521010ee35c3314fa6dafe92a53a4e348cbeac6a4fcf1b4286a841
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA88 315 bytes