Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71787926cba92e98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB Created: 2011-11-02 19:21:39 +04:00 Authoring application: Adobe Acrobat 10.0 (via Acrobat Web Capture 10.0)
MD5: 4375043eaf0dfd71fbd6fe6d6af0f076 SHA-1: 913e78f0429df527bd04e4eb285410d7cce347e7 SHA-256: 71787926cba92e985d11a0d455583c5c8805484b524b410bd5e67acaaae6d4ef
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of a large javascript_obj0024_000.js artifact. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically an exploit targeting PDF viewers. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but its presence and the exploit heuristics point to an attempt to execute arbitrary code, likely for downloading a second-stage payload. The specific exploit name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36776' is a strong indicator of its nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36776 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36776
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://www.iec.ch

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0024_000.js
e09947aaf262388c4716fd015a368379c94be12537e278d8771d7d08131c0dcb		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 24 at offset 0x2617 11283 bytes
icc_00_off000018a6.icc
653b586c4707574ffcd648ba35494daed2c76ceafcf4c07d315ed961b1dc347f		 pdf-icc-profile PDF ICC profile at offset 0x18A6 408 bytes
icc_01_off00001a00.icc
2b3aa1645779a9e634744faf9b01e9102b0c9b88fd6deced7934df86b949af7e		 pdf-icc-profile PDF ICC profile at offset 0x1A00 3144 bytes

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