Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ead685891512f62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.0 KB
MD5: 9d741eaebe897ffe6df2166997417f4b SHA-1: 1075572b0660ce211c9e1a46e4d8ba45e82c627e SHA-256: 6ead685891512f62afac288d4258128b6b9d7c239797f73eef213979ad7cd9cc
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics and a critical ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36324). The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but appears designed to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader and subsequently download and execute a secondary payload. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent.

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
cbb5d993f39fef03930f07f27386f2f28aa0158810c534817b616a8ae9f34df4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2D4 15466 bytes