PDF malware analysis — malicious · 5e42e6056873fb61

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: ee23340d18c182bd1ea700b3332cd9eb SHA-1: b6c0786f890fe068f17e7b365a61e113786522ec SHA-256: 5e42e6056873fb61abc01bb5cce9a6a34b3971b25d532abb2f2e1458bf23740a

268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated and utilizes eval() calls, indicating an attempt to exploit a vulnerability. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118' and the ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The JavaScript likely downloads and executes a secondary payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_000.js` `9b3ec21c972589a37640b13bfa00228a873f8ab7fd3d8ba5b4996fc59dff8805`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336	13260 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `8d02ec8df589aa97ba8dff4ed3a4283714040d6486986cc16bec026dcb98c30a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x359	13966 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).

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