Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f5fe88f82302be0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: e907016749329496b554bcd85ebf2ebf SHA-1: 0a27256a5a6c8221925177ade76bb75e22d2469c SHA-256: 8f5fe88f82302be00cf5148d53abd7a5db8d14fdab084e9eb8374e292de7423a
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. Embedded JavaScript was detected, which is commonly used in malicious PDFs to execute arbitrary code or download further payloads. The specific ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723' suggests a known exploit pattern within the PDF structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
7af7d35cecff198657912b9cc38dde86dc501413f713d8e9d510deae430a68d6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11675 bytes