Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 746485466a0086a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.0 KB
MD5: 3f5c8cc5f7c49e7bf7b27954ba599094 SHA-1: 31556b8625db293678823239120e09c27e1ba302 SHA-256: 746485466a0086a047e148d0eda5a9b6d9629716e1dc2c761d1834ae6b71d323
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Embedded JavaScript streams were extracted, indicating an attempt to exploit a vulnerability for client execution. The JavaScript code appears to be obfuscated but likely serves to download and execute a secondary payload, consistent with a downloader or dropper malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128
  • 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.
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
b6fbcd70f56d7b4b2d51c8868c648053b6f6413a41c3b231d35ada8d244d7181
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 45305 bytes
javascript_obj0008_001.js
78ea2984976e522f2a9b8248bc6e309e22c3ed159eefa299338c62d6150ea715
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x20A 45555 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
53b723d9483daab43d35062900556fbde82e3e19941b0e1df4d9d4660c497d9b
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x1E7 33047 bytes