Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7888b4d11df3b116…

MALICIOUS

PDF

25.2 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00
MD5: d707ca1c2aa6605e0e79df70869e0f47 SHA-1: 139bdc655489c9fc5cfc259abdf2563043c26245 SHA-256: 7888b4d11df3b116dc79ffd58a6f19c516e29041c3d6a728b89b0d9df1844251
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. The JavaScript appears to be obfuscated but likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36199'. The embedded JavaScript is the primary indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36199 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36199
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
d114e5d7825f81ad1e070073fb986365f644318874685b02d53dc636cdde1ae6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x621A 443 bytes