Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4deab053e4371ce9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 659 Authoring application: 309
MD5: 075756f5a17d8f128012fba5c7160389 SHA-1: 8cd4d87b2cbf647a205936ee0d4538c9bacace61 SHA-256: 4deab053e4371ce95270398b200d6cd6a68eaf411fa847143488a41663092341
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests an exploit is being used to run arbitrary code. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as is common in PDF-based malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • 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
0bde6f455ddb8b8533ccd1256b1d58bdeef0bd6e061fdef4571fdd36648feee9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5007 bytes