PDF malware analysis — malicious · 69aecc4094dae610

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.7 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: e6bc04ba12b1e0e649e52e62dfd2a135 SHA-1: 162fac06e6b3ad8ab51035b80402525671feadac SHA-256: 69aecc4094dae61008fa4df0edb5b8b3e963ee3036101784446c270895c38ab1

268 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 eval() calls, a common technique for obfuscating malicious code. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated and appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the 'PDF JavaScript exploit cluster' and 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' heuristics. ClamAV detections further confirm its malicious nature, identifying it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587'.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

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-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `2144ae5ad1a9ea378fae2d62e5a6e21563330130fabff26b6d7c1f785be5fa41`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x38B	5280 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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