Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7276922-0 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f8865241b7134ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

226.7 KB
MD5: fbbb33f3df26e3c07336081db9bdb37c SHA-1: e1d77734b4b2603cde027a958cacfde3ab712799 SHA-256: 7f8865241b7134ab45fd61f985746f52dd65751d5ae07f138da52b024e528a55
152 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7276922-0 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier. A critical heuristic detected a VBScript-style decimal byte array that decodes to a PE payload, indicating the PDF acts as a dropper for an executable. The embedded PE file has a SHA256 hash of 4543cf43ef87ccf7545ec9f711ae924a6a5a6b1020ed81ad1c551ae857c1370e.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 3

  • VBScript-style decimal byte array decodes to a PE payload critical PDF_VBS_DECIMAL_ARRAY_PE_PAYLOAD
    PDF comment text contains a VB/VBScript-style decimal byte array, such as c(077),c(090), that decodes to a verified Windows PE executable. The rule is gated on a comment-line Array(c(...)) assignment and a valid MZ/PE header to keep false positives low.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7276922-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7276922-0
  • 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
decimal_array_pdf_pe_00000229.exe
4543cf43ef87ccf7545ec9f711ae924a6a5a6b1020ed81ad1c551ae857c1370e
embedded-pe PDF raw comment decimal-array PE payload at offset 0x229 32942 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.90, consistent with packed or encrypted content.