Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6b3ec25a43e2591…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.2 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 33ee8e08dfc072021052ffbac10dda73 SHA-1: 344664d8a84f1eb66100bb8116596f748ac3a49e SHA-256: a6b3ec25a43e25917d638f0805c6a6529fb1c9658ae0a56bd422d568cac511a6
208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with multiple eval() calls, indicating obfuscated code execution. The JavaScript likely attempts to exploit a PDF vulnerability or download a second-stage payload. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
925e360b81615466ecfb72f641d19c2b241b77f433f4e98c0209a5e221fd34b3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x389 5835 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).