Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70b5fba7d2765010…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: b3bbd31628a7256a75a7a33b61a45f1c SHA-1: e6d084b5fc54b72447f2df5a27bc833b986ba41b SHA-256: 70b5fba7d276501031801e5a54072cc473f4389a9b4c970ea5e031d45df14d85
268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript, including multiple eval() calls, which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. Heuristics and ClamAV detection confirm this, identifying it as a known PDF exploit. The JavaScript is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely downloading and running a second-stage payload.

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-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
5fc36a74e870142512e65305c39f008866559435f78e0fff24fe069649ac5e11
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13305 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0013_001.js
a3d906cd057cbf7d86b70dbbd6a6778bd5acff9e9c775b746c19757429918f53
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x359 14011 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).