Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f001a00336ce14a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7307-01-01 Authoring application: 6555
MD5: d7379a646b44c9cbc046abdd4619ba4f SHA-1: dd8d4e0ccec41e489320888682ce900bda3fb2cb SHA-256: 4f001a00336ce14ae48f9f2aa243e9cb18487e4d3bb4572b7fe2365bd877824e
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically detecting an exploit. Embedded JavaScript was also found, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The ML classifier output and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities, likely leading to the download or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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
825ac141df338c3d5c57f062db95e48c13ebb5bd9beb04a7fca78ed88c9f9661
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4816 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).