Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66477b2c4e2c6dd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 51741cd805ab6822efb3d98319577b17 SHA-1: 7fddd06d1e1d924f1d503452bb3131e601e4d1d7 SHA-256: 66477b2c4e2c6dd07f93090d913154d903a47cd5cec5093fb40dc9e2054eb728
106 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, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of a javascript_obj0022_000.js artifact. ClamAV also detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066. The ML classifier output of 0.999976 further supports its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary malicious payload, a common technique for PDF-based exploits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes