Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ad67abcb2b945b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 02d24457184f0f6cb09252bf00f94310 SHA-1: 83138bc5a73f217212e2e7fadbbcc7ab963847da SHA-256: 7ad67abcb2b945b6731f6a6ae8e868634ebf1147d6fc5c401b68616ab1325175
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that appears to be obfuscated. The script decodes a string from the PDF's title field, which is then executed. This behavior is consistent with exploiting a PDF vulnerability to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
4c19bb9d58a769ae822770df5b81c5882aca7041c203d825b5c8f4c0b91ed0b6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA7F 341 bytes