Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 468d7aa992d84788…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: fdf858ba2ecec75cd1d1a7b413a4b455 SHA-1: 500f20c3bfa5eef1848dc39d0986d1eee27e258a SHA-256: 468d7aa992d84788a53e05903673fc5daae364e5d8c9c85bc8198013cca3f006
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to execute malicious code. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
03ae5663dc71d01fc8a04fcaf04b632032af012d9cb6b54d62f8423214d2bc09
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11611 bytes