Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67c986e3080bdb67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

19.4 KB
MD5: 71e6f2f301110240e0d0ce1e69704de5 SHA-1: 515f60d40764e340f878dc99bfdb20e11c396b13 SHA-256: 67c986e3080bdb6767ada5c88f5fb2b7aecd25e620322376325d97162ccd9fc5
108 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 flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript streams that are obfuscated but appear to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests exploitation for client execution via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828773 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828773
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
be394a24c3294d44c44527db51d998f24b42086cf4b9b6a261abe7edbb65417a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 19115 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0008_001.js
b54d595b91b773a6730ca99d9813444c3b0ab62e069efcfedf307f2402f18dab
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x20A 19365 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).