PDF malware analysis — malicious · 915ffd515cc3cb2c

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.2 KB

MD5: c97cbb8d4e53ae80b20cf1d6ea77f912 SHA-1: e37dbe1f18aa13c8dcf3d65d97322199b04985b6 SHA-256: 915ffd515cc3cb2cb73646a79bdefd32665aefc9ddfac57edbb757a451562f93

304 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious Applet

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, indicating obfuscated code execution. This JavaScript is likely responsible for loading the embedded SWF (Flash) file, which is a known vector for exploits. The ML classifier and ClamAV detections strongly support the malicious nature of this PDF, classifying it as an exploit attempting to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 10

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA

PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`SWFNAME.swf` `a98024b4ee1377e872e3ebaf1c361600c270db5fd5ba79f256106c0c566dde29`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xC22	26777 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `e1ab3bbf30605cecdce6db9d2556198626dbb178f7a4cb471a9436bb6e8bd92f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x826	462 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `07127cb489ea0c6f7a9e14143e37cad8b399b7dca67ad9d3938debaa9ee83bf6`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x64	3458 bytes

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