Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8eac86765a3e2c4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

885 B Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00 Authoring application: ring.fromCharCode
MD5: 3a6af126d969979c19d58dd5a3dd64ab SHA-1: 581ade53fa3567b7835a63d4b1969b859c62deab SHA-256: 8eac86765a3e2c4f20c7dac5d13f5e1695441466fe8937633eacefd19445868e
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, which identified it as Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7281869-0. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests that the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening. This type of dropper functionality is commonly used to download and execute further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7281869-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7281869-0
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
35ad0fb6e5faf7a7bc7b905353523f96e3efc6b337e962e4e5c1b6d5922afcb7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x11F 394 bytes