Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cb7226b37106e38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.2 KB
MD5: df3442e4361d450d423b4061f5f7c26c SHA-1: a6425b9398346540829da66de72b3079fa7fab01 SHA-256: 4cb7226b37106e382693eedf10cfb0d318aefaa9ce3bf2ebce1b897881322211
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identifying it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to download and execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
9c1c8cf6d745e3f338205b98e58a24fb3e09cd1b270c37037f4c1dcd2ff7805f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 96202 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).