Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dbd0f38e6cea7ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4469-01-01 Authoring application: 8489
MD5: 2c2f1b92bebc96620b85fb0bcf93f759 SHA-1: 0db8187816ed908031380b4447165ae45e16b9c5 SHA-256: 8dbd0f38e6cea7adaa0a8e4ad5ffaeb90f9e4ab8ef6dc32bdb05ae7ef3e1ed3a
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. Embedded JavaScript streams and actions are present, suggesting the execution of malicious code. The presence of 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' as a suspicious extracted artifact further supports this. The exact nature of the exploit and payload is not fully discernible from the provided static analysis, but the primary attack vector is the PDF exploiting a vulnerability to run JavaScript.

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
ddaa8fdeaabb9c444ea72381b0235512b6da496bc43c103cf88ccdf2eb6db256
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4729 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).