Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a4262b7136d49f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.1 KB
MD5: 278d768ffcd70c48b887816f2bb2cb19 SHA-1: 754c10bb610e5a3eb719c68080035fefbe4f9858 SHA-256: 7a4262b7136d49f3472e9ac22cb7b3ea6e348ff05c9cefca94c707c2ac42cd34
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and a high ML classifier score, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests the document is designed to execute arbitrary code. This JavaScript likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Malware.Agent-7835433-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Malware.Agent-7835433-0
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
6886a4dfe239bed6482bcabc768a38c52af3452a77c6bd520544809e4bb16052
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 123067 bytes