Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 820a63e8fac449db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.3 KB Created: 2010-02-25 01:39:41 +03:00 Authoring application: TCPDF (via TCPDF 4.8.032 (http://www.tcpdf.org))
MD5: caa0d12d3d61f28937ca287badae48fa SHA-1: b2c19228ebd39649265b3bc41fd19b717f69fb53 SHA-256: 820a63e8fac449db866b67d4f9de7cb174ba0321e937034df015860a818cfe57
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13861. The JavaScript is obfuscated but its presence and the ML/heuristic detections indicate it is likely used to exploit a vulnerability and download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13861 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13861
  • 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.
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0010_000.js
fa491f71784e0a73cdf526093b5813859d148d9fd37068741f429f4758644d96
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x7063 8126 bytes