Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73409fef0cacfefb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.8 KB Authoring application: sli
MD5: 174b0d08c958cb870a9f6746d242e635 SHA-1: c5b5e20c8cb8ad0e6abd5b8672dd50fef76dbe0b SHA-256: 73409fef0cacfefb96e1dcadc22f24b97acba2143aedc4d81c95470b91d18732
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams, suggesting an attempt to exploit a PDF vulnerability. The ML classifier's high confidence score further supports the malicious nature of the file, likely involving the execution of a dropped payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-91 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-91
  • 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.