Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7536af7deaa74a9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 29471351fcec83ad3420a11c29e4c69a SHA-1: 09146497d7a5ac8872f3d4f927029ac6c7646767 SHA-256: 7536af7deaa74a9cade90118ea803424de6009f8454c174afa708e1bb0208823
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML heuristic indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, strongly suggests an exploit targeting PDF vulnerabilities. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common technique for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes