Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bdf3a0e27a33d3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.9 KB Created: 2009-03-17 05:39:37 Authoring application: eEkvWOCOFXVuD (via qURdmXzyqjjcSLKPcjfoZPTeA)
MD5: d8a4d85c07eaffa54c3d912cb45bd8d9 SHA-1: ac25f1ba685db93b330f0d2bb3206f27a80095bc SHA-256: 9bdf3a0e27a33d3badd570e7e1ee51a2778dd1ce682ca86806698bf36c1d8cab
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 and a machine learning classifier with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of an extracted javascript_obj0007_000.js file. The JavaScript action and embedded JS stream suggest the document is designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute malicious code. The document body text appears to be obfuscated or placeholder content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
582432bbb25bb4c10123675dc6e8984a813fc8dd3d0d80c8694716b84b39ad47
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x39B 7428 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).