Malicious PDF / .VXE — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 492d17726344e58f…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .VXE

9.1 KB
MD5: ddfcec62ba9b05bb3310255d83478f3d SHA-1: da7d781e3fd021519b0d1c393ab0503e4a079fce SHA-256: 492d17726344e58f4b0f37e3b98b69180963086ad10493295a5fc1f60aed760a
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier with a high probability and also detected by ClamAV as obfuscated. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, suggesting an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening. The ML classifier's output strongly supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.