Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ca5fee0377279e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.5 KB Created: 2010-02-21 20:29:22 Authoring application: voCIZfqmxemEcqOyRD (via swLNmEdtCmQmEMW)
MD5: bae8b0787695dcac87a7064e2aeab7e6 SHA-1: 18c484a3672ee72dfff47742641df069dd9f5435 SHA-256: 7ca5fee0377279e8d3eeb3709fa03028ce6a370de65d8927c3a80b4f77abca4c
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript was detected and extracted, suggesting the document is designed to exploit a vulnerability to execute code. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0007_000.js', is the primary indicator of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
7721bd90c9790cfbbb89e9f56373b7ef648b8ded6232730f68ffd93fea6e99ea
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x474 8833 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).