Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0c80e26a7b8aef1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4619-01-01 Authoring application: 5509
MD5: dfc7fcd11f3e2af9205cecbe5b8bde93 SHA-1: 69b43cc588c3214d3876f6d989cb41e4b0c31bc5 SHA-256: a0c80e26a7b8aef1a5d959b57bf7d9ed49b75c040cae9dfefc8619c9ef432919
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically identified as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier's high confidence score and the presence of obfuscated JavaScript in the extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' suggest it's designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The primary attack pattern involves delivering and executing an exploit via JavaScript embedded within the PDF.

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
8949afc899d5cc892062d7215ee595603dbb6ea78d4c13085b0506bfd6fef0c3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4794 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).