MALICIOUS
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, flagged by multiple heuristics and a critical ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121). The JavaScript code appears to be obfuscated but is designed to extract information from the PDF's metadata (specifically the title field) and use it to construct and execute a command. This strongly suggests the intent is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, a common technique for PDF-based exploits. The ML classifier also provides a very high confidence score for maliciousness.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999
Heuristics 3
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
javascript_obj0007_000.jsd067d7856a1edd3ccb325ffb0f9faace432c17af8cbe739a1b2ae6778b8eb23c |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA89 | 365 bytes |
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