Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5839d9f593d7c1bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.6 KB Created: 2009-04-05 09:28:49 Authoring application: PWUxtFavcpyABhDdp (via UChZfDKYLBJwOd)
MD5: b71d15c6946588e2f27466d7075a6c25 SHA-1: 02e251596223d6f6f2b3423400a5ef3162a46887 SHA-256: 5839d9f593d7c1bb9cfec63ded7f9b4e540575f2692ea52b0437a52a95aaa945
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572. Static analysis detected embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, although the specific script content was truncated and obfuscated, preventing a more detailed analysis of its actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0009_000.js
9933c7217cb62ad2db536a94e1fc935ada212a727a4beffea8baeab4ecb93271
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x761 7172 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).