Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61661b660922514e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 50a73a89c2cb05a83213b406ec1c01f4 SHA-1: 459df7c76338839fe2b029a9eb5dba1f27a40d94 SHA-256: 61661b660922514ecaccf29d4a68eb2adef8b628e999214039f91458de2c65a3
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of exploit activity. Embedded JavaScript was extracted, which appears to be obfuscated but likely intended to execute a payload. The script reconstructs a string from the PDF's title field and then executes it, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities and downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
93a51c7d6d8d712a14a6684f1fab3f9edec5205473b365df194aac9133954aa8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA87 301 bytes