Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0f4f33c4d160b19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: afb07eedbba3422c98bec06b97cd9352 SHA-1: 8b6592657049aff57a0e5adc6139919b9f27778e SHA-256: a0f4f33c4d160b19f8ef6211a522170f7cdc5dc1217d3f18aab1d742ea1ee089
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening the document. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams strongly suggests the PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities and download or execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
41585ba35320b63ce497d561793a9e9df4bc0a47b5f6c3e7ec5b47df5926eafd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA87 334 bytes