Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c88bed6b4322cf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

25.2 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00
MD5: ec6766ceaf6083d019976c1d98c6c306 SHA-1: 8706db12c972eea6526e9330d6cf1f7d1ba7be19 SHA-256: 4c88bed6b4322cf0ea2233f3fb072ec6c38ca951649e5ba39a5d7676a455a0a6
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, suggesting an exploit attempt. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, although its exact functionality is obscured.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36199 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36199
  • 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
d114e5d7825f81ad1e070073fb986365f644318874685b02d53dc636cdde1ae6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x626E 443 bytes