Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50bb3aef6c4313c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2998-01-01 Authoring application: 8087
MD5: 98033978a9487242e5f05599b0dbcad2 SHA-1: 0a9ff288b3e001913ae95595c739562f81a156e1 SHA-256: 50bb3aef6c4313c66a63d37d4e45eff93830a11a002fb9ef937697496e0b5a1a
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. A JavaScript stream was extracted, which likely contains obfuscated code designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams points to the use of T1059.001 (PowerShell) or T1059.005 (Visual Basic) for execution.

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
b69fa000f7c7469ee54129840af4724552c3b530da27b52ca20478f9d66b16de
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4742 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).