Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 466879fd655f064f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: bb97dfa1a33521ef040f006498791b7f SHA-1: 43326937c3ebee6074d9931bd802407f0557d9bf SHA-256: 466879fd655f064f4673bbd2bf7ca9f6fc05409d80f7ee4217f58b62866363d5
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF viewer to achieve its malicious objective, such as downloading a secondary payload.

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
631fe8c1f7bb5bac68b5c5aa5fa5344df29ba1d90266929989b6327713af080c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9C8 482 bytes