Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50520d04013acc76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7675-01-01 Authoring application: 9353
MD5: dae4e128c24a6a0005e179f8173b534e SHA-1: a29881661216dd4c6b3e417ded15e146d544dc27 SHA-256: 50520d04013acc76c89e2d84fdffd0280810ce736646f5d81586be2b9c3ed226
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' likely contains the malicious code responsible for the exploit, possibly leveraging obfuscation techniques as noted in the static triage.

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
76ae9e459893b8f69245926c7310abe31e042f3a67dc26183e71128874c4272c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4747 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).