PDF malware analysis — malicious · 97d50d6c28b9bcd7

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.3 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: c35b4e30e920e09f7e0b97e8bffaf6d5 SHA-1: 0ae386778fb4face1390fdbc5bcff7396ce8d0e1 SHA-256: 97d50d6c28b9bcd7d515958087eed3b837849b15ff466d57ff1f07b693d84125

208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with multiple eval() calls, indicating obfuscation. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The JavaScript likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for PDF-based exploits.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
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.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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.
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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `245ff824ad59908362feb4f47a28cfd460039485048737fff2caa8aa85803e8b`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x38C	5908 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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