Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8992eddd66755319…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: aaaaaaaa
MD5: dfc85a938ae5db3aa788e4239a3c9682 SHA-1: c96caf695dbd04f3b891fef3108d741dfd8a0cef SHA-256: 8992eddd66755319c2c17714e61c9baca304bb03ad68c233ae2a92daada38674
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Scripting: JavaScript

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. Embedded JavaScript streams were also identified, indicating a likely exploit attempt. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious verdict. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging embedded JavaScript to execute malicious code, typical of PDF-based exploit delivery.

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
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
c35b4e4b12688b5b7a5b6af59d007ac180f0dd2d77d7de592e11f2485a566388
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 3774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).