PDF malware analysis — malicious · 701f9173d6995605

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.7 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)

MD5: baa1446792ffcea6a892c9c58dc851f4 SHA-1: 1fc6eb2533b7bb0e977d4373095c7a1d41a946c7 SHA-256: 701f9173d6995605fba6c2862b9d707e2f6ba69b475c7c03e38f96dc275cc821

256 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode(), indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. This JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, as suggested by the 'PDF_LAUNCH' and 'PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER' heuristics. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541' further confirms its malicious nature, pointing towards a known exploit.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 8

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-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH

PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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_obj0027_000.js` `b33485875f054aa4005ef3b96bbba2023e6731722a0bf2ae67ade84bd6dee37f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x1D69	6903 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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