Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a592716c87edf443…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4627-01-01 Authoring application: 8012
MD5: f2d98119e03365ba384db5363f44cd04 SHA-1: 9503c0ef5514ded7db01334942edffbcde056cb7 SHA-256: a592716c87edf443a39486b4d203b122598f2fb1f0a29f008322bc2c73557ea5
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 (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014). It contains embedded JavaScript, which is obfuscated and likely used to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is a key artifact for further analysis.

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
b15249eb33a9774812f212db55e59bc786e722f35c53fc5ec859bc79c56a0b4c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4811 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).