Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f2e5e1eb424d5f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB Created: 2010-04-11 08:38:23 +04:00 Authoring application: TCPDF (via TCPDF 4.8.032 (http://www.tcpdf.org))
MD5: b47ac095270e0d1eabe80504fa76fbc4 SHA-1: f352719ca09720c8aeb20a03dc25b1f349bd8471 SHA-256: 5f2e5e1eb424d5f5fa3710fda5b4fbee403ef4f13fdaf1f992aa53a73a22c1d7
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22579 and flagged by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated but appears to construct a string and then execute it using `eval`. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22579 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22579
  • 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.
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0010_000.js
e8ff62e424870e83cade9623f9518abcc76ccc89d31b240e64c9a66b31d79fcf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x8C98 1346 bytes