Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e516d5ea3016c3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.5 KB Created: 2009-05-01 21:21:45 Authoring application: tvEeSFCPx (via NeTSnrx)
MD5: cc07a5ce173c46fe4128724ca22f21a5 SHA-1: bba43ef42826a51b7b2d36f7dee164002153f42b SHA-256: 6e516d5ea3016c3f66bf37ce1b811982f046937eb840f098fc959457a55fd6ce
248 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, indicative of exploit code. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of exploit-related functions and the overall heuristic firings point to a common PDF exploit pattern designed to execute arbitrary code, likely for downloading further malicious content.

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-13745 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13745
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
f670d6a46948a5a4a57f827f6146ceaf4d7bce1e246499db4a7918196efd0088
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
7eea93fb184f0826faaef62efabf70577dfb23515be5d7547295ed762bff53a8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35039 bytes