Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a8691d7296c0f45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.4 KB Authoring application: substr
MD5: b269e99b588af31864e81085d43974f6 SHA-1: 958f108036110d3ffa9fd37678481be33b98a83b SHA-256: 4a8691d7296c0f459d439a660919964fe525ad094aba670fb7ec046ddcf624d5
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple engines, including a critical ClamAV detection and a high-confidence ML classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, suggesting an attempt to execute malicious code. The ML classifier's high score and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate this PDF is designed to deliver a payload or exploit a vulnerability.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Malware.Agent-7658965-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Malware.Agent-7658965-0
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
4ae196cecff3364ee12ea3243adc5914884552d2af4db00bfce564bfe1c91962
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xAF3A 419 bytes