Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ea1594fada5971c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB
MD5: 2b7fa88f80397f6e662ca803e2938eda SHA-1: d7a86af3bb73798243680d082bf1f634cdc40c70 SHA-256: 6ea1594fada5971c38bc219591c23c858f1bb3502080e8ec81f926132880ab23
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, which identified it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35550. Embedded JavaScript streams were extracted, with one stream containing obfuscated code that likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The presence of JavaScript and exploit detection suggests an attempt to compromise the user's system via a malicious attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35550 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35550
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
f2c39d777b59779690c8a549c4bae2778eddbf4a598014024a7b9d2929198224
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xF 44 bytes
javascript_obj0013_001.js
78e74b93f2eb25967bccff2eaf26fd55b60755329fd0952423a94dfc81815309
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x39E 35552 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35550
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 long base64-like blob(s).