Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76feeeb19a18285f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3235-01-01 Authoring application: 1275
MD5: 96f4809b66c13c8234f78b7a6ce6e22d SHA-1: a0f3e1e5bc9b6939b0c514d336a1e2e0edfb4b17 SHA-256: 76feeeb19a18285f06b680f6ffb9c728fac0776ab5f2e80ee8ebc0acf6b15340
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. The presence of embedded JavaScript, specifically 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', suggests the execution of malicious code. This JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
d61902fc6f6720931d2a1ed9debdcbb241aeabda33b8e60493be16338d979242
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5174 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).