PDF malware analysis — malicious · 4e587a3356d62747

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.2 KB

MD5: f2e73c65c4960a547881163ae2c8d494 SHA-1: a437580897230738f982595f38058422b4843e28 SHA-256: 4e587a3356d62747d09f2f8dc1bc95e1cbb3e2f64f4e5781b7bdf11777783cd3

304 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object (SWF), both of which are commonly used to exploit vulnerabilities. Heuristics indicate the use of eval() and unescape() for obfuscation, typical of malicious JavaScript. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript and SWF file are likely components of a multi-stage attack, with the JavaScript potentially downloading and executing further payloads.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 10

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA

PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`SWFNAME.swf` `a98024b4ee1377e872e3ebaf1c361600c270db5fd5ba79f256106c0c566dde29`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xC20	26777 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `e1ab3bbf30605cecdce6db9d2556198626dbb178f7a4cb471a9436bb6e8bd92f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x824	462 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `4679868a97de0be900937502e0dad73c0ca69d23d1ed8298ae490e75ef7136bd`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x64	3458 bytes

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