Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 676816ca0c29af2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.0 KB
MD5: 850a97affacf352a8b827db6e529387b SHA-1: 0c04fbf960e6b0f9110c507c8c30b1b34e39a617 SHA-256: 676816ca0c29af2a0dc7c08ae00543bea6445fd5612e1424620ae0453516d1b3
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36324. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36324 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36324
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
a6a30fdc3c0cf866331e850b4ad0100590f15dadd95c412036ac3b67433a9bc0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2D4 15465 bytes