Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8750775db6c159b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8752-01-01 Authoring application: 4043
MD5: d93fd43f49ec8e47d4fab6c77c9549c6 SHA-1: 751ccb01d3c83a59dfd19c6273a87063c4d0c736 SHA-256: 8750775db6c159b5a3c73da33264ff428d72df13afa5ce553ea93d2aa6f0d8b3
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014) and a high ML classifier score. An embedded JavaScript file was also identified, indicating a likely exploit attempt. The presence of JavaScript and the ML classifier's output suggest the PDF attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
f6336de2eae48a3352e89044d57260169b4258a6ceab3e023ee220c4005c3c9d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4813 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).