Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a4da428bffdbca2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.5 KB
MD5: b75766d04a70fb07f8aa9be0a783cfe5 SHA-1: c0c079a085f9b2bc98ea1281cfef0762c2312e3e SHA-256: 8a4da428bffdbca2bcd45ffafbc6b219e4a2bcc717586262a76b86ff3faf1b99
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Script Execution: JavaScript

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as a dropper. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the dropper classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7280299-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7280299-0
  • 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_obj0069_000.js
87d57dd05a979fc3e27ef976b8fd421b4b9b6f964681123ac5df7ef891c63fa3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 69 at offset 0x1BE 25749 bytes