Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7df88326a92995dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5190-01-01 Authoring application: 7072
MD5: fbe300cddedc905bf5902774c2054598 SHA-1: 9f0565d11655405cb6cabb585ffe473f40dc4926 SHA-256: 7df88326a92995dc504af836d7eb644aed7ca9f500f01e0ef5e2d3a7efea37f3
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. A machine learning classifier and ClamAV also flagged the file as malicious, with ClamAV specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript within an extracted file, javascript_obj0013_001.js, suggests it is likely used to exploit a vulnerability or download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
0ff7f88a78412dea42ca44bb40c4c60e9169238cb75c817ec27e4b655036a4b6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4795 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).