Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1c97356b108f1c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 32faa35e7eab74d5a7a11882230e5d9f SHA-1: f43e3059a886dfa4804c76e2ee0709c6e3af91fb SHA-256: a1c97356b108f1c1624fd7115a2c5378ee13d921fc4a2ac0a832acd7ecb990be
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 and a machine learning classifier assigned a high probability of maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript actions and streams indicate the likely execution of arbitrary code, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The specific exploit is not detailed, but the presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to download and 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
02f56bc157bb79cf2950d50352c3fa4dc6b704aec5fd6e75d9fbc95be82654ad
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA88 327 bytes
stream_000_off00000152.bin
d497e30ba33001b00973060b66c59592c938c554544c63b94a13f290f1441fde
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x152 13100 bytes