Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fa5d01b13360f01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6844-01-01 Authoring application: 6715
MD5: d2dc924d30316118200169c88c3d9c13 SHA-1: cff0840993f7b63983508fcffa141e99585704a6 SHA-256: 4fa5d01b13360f01458e1f2232670a13927765a4272cf84d6f7a75559aac7e51
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it contains an exploit. Heuristics indicate embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute second-stage payloads. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is the primary indicator of this malicious activity.

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
663265e653f1d86df4bdf7c17982b93aa672703c02824761797edbcab655eb32
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4834 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).