Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57f4c9f8194a856d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.2 KB
MD5: 263f15d17ad70955e6e8e82067b2357e SHA-1: 16276a27c53f18b4c65d3a6212e98fe5f8abbbcb SHA-256: 57f4c9f8194a856d22e3c53933b824eae767ce32782059cea447cbf34c41d77d
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically detecting a PDF exploit. Embedded JavaScript streams were found, indicating the likely execution of malicious code upon opening the document. The primary technique observed is the use of JavaScript within the PDF to trigger an exploit, which is a common method for delivering further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1D2 273 bytes
deobfuscated.js
69b5318d33d96cca20c41ddff8261d13f025bbc00cbd951de39c192d29010565
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 2549 bytes