Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e27d2b2760acc7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.7 KB Created: 2009-03-17 22:25:13 Authoring application: cDEHWliAbWiPUb (via YtlEKBwInrhS)
MD5: df63ecc367eff891caffd79a76ed3167 SHA-1: 5f91ccb9cbca24ddb8e8118578a4470bad28ae82 SHA-256: 7e27d2b2760acc7f0ce1d74c79df74add621a915fd2ebdd0f99c7cc3bcdb9e16
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests an exploit is being used to execute arbitrary code. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0007_000.js' further supports this. The document body text appears to be obfuscated or irrelevant filler, not indicative of a specific lure.

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
795cac5adaeabc74af8f1522ba015c910e446b85619ab37ece667f96b5336a7d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x42C 8094 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).