PDF malware analysis — malicious · 87acfcf6b5fbf990

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.8 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 2aba41b5ce981dcf4a61b7cbc7358180 SHA-1: bfb96f4de420d55a578ef2c8b86d7fcbe727a765 SHA-256: 87acfcf6b5fbf99095cf7d5df83fa69612137b73e78578d00762a108043b1af1

270 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF that contains embedded JavaScript. This script utilizes eval() calls and string concatenation to obfuscate its true purpose, which is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The embedded URLs are likely related to the distribution or command and control infrastructure of this malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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.
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
URL http://phpnet.us/byet300x250.php
- http://ad.foxnetworks.com/st?ad_type=pop&ad_size=0x0&section=204717&banned_pop_types=28&pop_times=5&pop_frequency=86400

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `9433c73853b395abd4a323f8ad315f584feada2b4444ae207d29ca96c784451d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D6	5715 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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