Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84790525dc36fe4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: f6cf0f689d5b771a3f7411512e4af862 SHA-1: 06525d2b17dab207061f8d6241d0a7ced05f6d0c SHA-256: 84790525dc36fe4e6fa2b99b9493a0f913efeb414a6fa34ee6a28653d96348fe
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple detection engines, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, which identified it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by heuristic firings and the embedded artifact, suggests an attempt to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code. The exact nature of the exploit and its payload could not be determined due to the obfuscated nature of the embedded script.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
621a5a2fd412bc8996053a7e735c9b6f14e9f5dbd54dbf074d6d9f1ebe448c62
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9D7 492 bytes