Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a513e090bca4729…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7278-01-01 Authoring application: 9560
MD5: db3ca14edd87fbd078e0f5f42e6457cf SHA-1: 57f72e3b99d522f1b4d54097b710ec08d6a96092 SHA-256: 4a513e090bca4729b00ec24cc799f30571d172c941c1dc41e960dc4aff45e356
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. A JavaScript stream was extracted, which likely contains obfuscated code designed to execute a second-stage payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams points to an attempt to leverage these features for malicious purposes.

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
b4dc1096dc7b9822e31f262bb9917a72ef277a2d45e366e9cb63b9b108079806
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4794 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).