Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4827d55c57c7ea7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3919-01-01 Authoring application: 6704
MD5: c8fd20dfba879b22bf39f1ccb28c5f9c SHA-1: f929ca1a134a20081fd50f5095f4e28ce4fa703c SHA-256: 4827d55c57c7ea7ab9b4db8f7b63ee25de98c36167aa0466bfd9c7bc5c4010ae
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is often used to deliver second-stage payloads or exploit vulnerabilities. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains the malicious code responsible for the exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
6152fd0442a77b344e62305474bb4a92a3941ce3e6ba996fed46e32cdbb9d38b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4756 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).