Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59e6d7294559b716…

MALICIOUS

PDF

30.5 KB Created: 2009-05-01 21:21:45 Authoring application: ghjkSFghjkCPx (via afdsdgf)
MD5: bbf8f4019e7fb386619888b36604af35 SHA-1: e61a081f85a1602bef9b868a332dd6201f236063 SHA-256: 59e6d7294559b716de9a0f3f0141cfcaff9fb183faa07ce66b800d110588cfe0
208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587. It contains embedded JavaScript, including calls to eval(), which is a common technique for obfuscating malicious code. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the heuristic firings and the ML classifier's high confidence score. The specific exploit used is not detailed in the provided evidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
d839cfff0803a3f48d1a9213b66932906de7f3c7e8d7c7ab4773c96dc24f1414
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x21C 29975 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
a0028d82c6596f25387ee3610e97b46dc36c3e1d8023703d27d805f59d0d4f4f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x21C 28997 bytes