Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e2da4a3c0b8e7ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7419-01-01 Authoring application: 8401
MD5: de8b05f61fc0ccbbbbf134fd235bcc7e SHA-1: 773baf06a12ec9dcec65488ea3230a335b33de14 SHA-256: 7e2da4a3c0b8e7ec16fb5a3ac45333bdd9ea20414214094c6864138725e8705a
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains obfuscated code responsible for executing the exploit or downloading a secondary payload, contributing to the overall malicious nature of the document.

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
a7e8bd4c7fa82467fa896b1dab2c91e8e3663f6980e0d5a26cccc4bf6a613059
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4793 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).