Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94307e094c644048…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: 23c9e16990d067bfc3320c55a01a68f7 SHA-1: ff66845b685cde60149fbef3b54f3b958a8ce6ff SHA-256: 94307e094c6440481f0a66e589f1bcf5c4373c192eaf284ad1236289289ec763
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it contains an exploit. The presence of embedded JavaScript, detected by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests the script is used to execute the exploit. While the script content is not detailed, its presence strongly implies the PDF's purpose is to leverage a PDF vulnerability to download and execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
8553457639ed65e6f593a1df91058986e66017b4630bd4487a7a97cea73a2c3e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9C2 465 bytes