Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85d1048d069b89c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: a0fd6ab90cbf6628f359c9663a90a99a SHA-1: f7bc31af3cf53b8573b2b7b0e7277380f5afcb5f SHA-256: 85d1048d069b89c132cd7690c6e2ad35bae1324d224ecabbb7d84f1dfda87435
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121'. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing a malicious payload.

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
624266eefc1a8c2acf3a126054d6c0b4c294f7025f2589162bafb4082edb2ba2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9C8 500 bytes