Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a284e2067042e45a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: ebdc3d1ed13b9c19a5c6aeb63f109c45 SHA-1: a2473067c1ebccc91561378a21ac0dd212e498b9 SHA-256: a284e2067042e45ad5b2ec3be75ec01c451388f505723b802b23f6aa9d65ad7c
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage 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
df9ab539749dd96f011c2fbf6c47e9d525a9dcb177038b3c2ec92d5d760a20e4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA85 314 bytes