Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9eaea142780255e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9816-01-01 Authoring application: 8190
MD5: eac09cc89452ef7ea1c95844fb26aa5f SHA-1: 93ac37862b92867676de66b9e5c9de67caf06ab2 SHA-256: 9eaea142780255e8ca64a8bc3a49005dd3783dca00482ebf20a896c8f4306ab0
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' likely contains the exploit code. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic and the critical ClamAV detection confirm this is a malicious PDF exploiting a vulnerability, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
d157f11a8db98de6633d0ec17928d6bc19f6e35ebe0f24678f62d6e3c411a361
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).