Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a089b9a704bac32c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.6 KB
MD5: f8bc96b51720b1ab1b856021caa1682e SHA-1: 69e4ea8733b8bb7fac80a492a4f893beb59ebd18 SHA-256: a089b9a704bac32c79c88c7e4e0f50ff655e8963a7d29e55e5217b5e71638bbb
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a dropper. Embedded JavaScript actions and streams indicate the presence of executable code within the PDF. While the JavaScript content itself was not detailed, its presence strongly suggests an attempt to download and execute a secondary payload, a common dropper behavior. The 'test' in the document body is likely a placeholder and does not provide further context.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7288160-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7288160-0
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
9ae4ad9af739e896fba48aed4654c470e5247d1c454e56c59343f9bc6f1691de
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xAFC6 444 bytes