Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5092aa1b3ff72a02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.6 KB Created: 2015-08-11 10:50:28 +03:00 Authoring application: iTextSharp’ 5.5.5 ©2000-2014 iText Group NV (AGPL-version)
MD5: 417c1765386311c324dcc616a7858172 SHA-1: 0816c3069f82893dac4213268aa8bf3d5a6e9707 SHA-256: 5092aa1b3ff72a02c639560575251075e551497f4527ccb570dd446891a14aa2
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and an embedded file suggests a dropper or exploit delivery mechanism. The ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7140475-0' strongly suggests its function is to download and execute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7140475-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7140475-0
  • 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

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
5.docm
ed7ae1e339015da0d3ae74125d2ad3a20713f3053824a30684b402a1594ebfdd
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x8B 43821 bytes
javascript_obj0003_000.js
7c1de427029e079a702df45dccca17f658844123bbee191e747a29358c5bc88d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 3 at offset 0xA159 81 bytes