Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cc0c04a03aa5be7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 118da6fd3c4db51c6d2624b8ac2642d5 SHA-1: 962ef65d73cffa474439a09a22b3dc30aaed0a4a SHA-256: 4cc0c04a03aa5be7b99432b576163ee90579410f230a5cc4fcb86f6dd004fdcc
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121' and a high ML score, indicating malicious intent. Embedded JavaScript actions were detected, suggesting the document is designed to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The primary function appears to be the execution of this JavaScript, which likely serves to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
522f04aa6723bf51f5355a12c5522504b08caa755aa9fae9d9a5f40fd50222da
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA84 330 bytes