Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5676319dac3e79e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 2ca1915c877891f2aa46081ca7f18249 SHA-1: 37b626a6eda8d9edccf50f3a07866608e5b497b2 SHA-256: 5676319dac3e79e0ff82eddde2f0c67ec9b39e028ee1b149548cd75c79cd71b6
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple high-confidence heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. The presence of embedded JavaScript actions and streams indicates an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to exploit a PDF vulnerability and download a secondary payload. The specific ClamAV detection name suggests it's a known exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
1a915c9656f4b696c05bb682cac06f14f7383248813a1612d06e471d2816c821
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11494 bytes