Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94e498f71efafb3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB
MD5: 2c8dd6debc765fa3c598899278534ac6 SHA-1: 5a89ffc5ac9dc7a6f16e637cb0efc7754e9307dc SHA-256: 94e498f71efafb3d09cc7b144612d78548cea839c34f4e6d3fa077155bf266d1
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36177 and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript was detected, which is often used to exploit PDF viewer vulnerabilities and download further malicious content. The specific exploit and payload are not detailed in the provided evidence, leading to an unknown family classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36177 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36177
  • 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
a7e6203b0e8f812879ed8382ccbb3900ad81b5a92faf27692f51de6e8c96c13a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 569 bytes