Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5465ce7b5c1a339d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6465-01-01 Authoring application: 7262
MD5: a74b4bd0bfdac87c6bec8b181a946190 SHA-1: b2f9faf2391ace0bcce11210ab02b7db25e3fe77 SHA-256: 5465ce7b5c1a339dc3e2f784dfcf23eb95d3ed91a7ef7852a4111242f3a38804
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple engines, including ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or download further malicious content. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams, along with obfuscation indicators in the extracted JavaScript file, strongly suggests an exploit attempt. The specific exploit is likely related to the 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' detection.

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
bd769bbbf89fefc2732e0da210014aa62dc3f179e29ae86acc2149ba54fa1bd5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4762 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).