Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53a8f41878eaa1ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5766-01-01 Authoring application: 8169
MD5: e57c7fa291bad8ed976dbad4e645a0dc SHA-1: 54825d58086a456bec86b0d721f9e78d8b95c1b2 SHA-256: 53a8f41878eaa1ca67fe280c5296eb3293eb0ba77b260aeec64d88ff1b9faa00
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it contains exploit code. Heuristics confirm the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further stages. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is the primary artifact associated with the 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
9d39490b6c655b0a8237052f993b9aa61050fc6bb80dad60e712956c7a947aa2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5224 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).