Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ffb55afc1318d84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.5 KB Created: 2009-05-15 16:50:35 Authoring application: PgPWeXlGRbvTrb (via UEaPnugBOeYKlAYFLXNmxswJ)
MD5: 0144bdeb7924220e18c4a4bbb53bc7bc SHA-1: 6131b2ddc8266cdce19cfb452d03fe9b999d1533 SHA-256: 9ffb55afc1318d84d75dd82e17f464983f49c48421275173df3e0c104aa12c05
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests an attempt to exploit a vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript stream, named javascript_obj0007_000.js, is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common technique for malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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
b8b1948c4e6e747f118ba8ba99dae880b82274e4ec45cc89415d5da7ec14d18e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x3D9 4926 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).