Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 994969de80a3d41b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: e45cd6b4a9d8a01cd5a3c427ffe6396a SHA-1: 3080196ae3671e56f47383e00231b9b1d2b4820c SHA-256: 994969de80a3d41bb56eb1b567634a313e8c0864acad4961556deb2d5aa4a8e2
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
b61c68c4012f060cce1dbaa69b3606afefb64fa67ce50c4e4d4c908fbb56286d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA87 287 bytes