Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 634652e7c319be4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB Created: 2010-07-25 21:39:20 Authoring application: aXrPQmjEEULWszaBx (via fqGaqAOVGCNMQ)
MD5: 4b129e10845986cef9b067b3136dde88 SHA-1: 1e02499f32ae0ad35dbac10d174e0355119ab6f0 SHA-256: 634652e7c319be4b70e296a3ef9b9b8abdda30925207396dc76b55dc9c3627c3
208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes an eval() function, a common indicator of obfuscated malicious code. Heuristics and ClamAV detection confirm this is a known exploit, likely Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572. The script's primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the exploit cluster firing and the presence of obfuscated JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • 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-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
176f945f90c7c8f2cd8d8f63f3895bc0070fe187e50febe966f8dffb0e904a4c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x2AD 11162 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).