PDF malware analysis — malicious · a728c32303368d6a

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.3 KB

MD5: e5052e07491b5b4fe9a8e48f2455a4b2 SHA-1: e26269b2f6174389dea96cf85a85d8e4a6419ddc SHA-256: a728c32303368d6aa935fcc715d6544d8df3e4ed551d5e310a7e486e9be79259

304 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, which identified it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098. The analysis revealed embedded JavaScript that uses eval() and unescape() functions, along with String.fromCharCode, indicating obfuscation. This script likely facilitates the execution of an embedded Flash object (SWFNAME.swf), which is a common technique for delivering further malicious content or exploits. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and an embedded SWF file strongly suggests a multi-stage attack designed to compromise the user's system.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 10

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098
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.
RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA

PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`SWFNAME.swf` `a98024b4ee1377e872e3ebaf1c361600c270db5fd5ba79f256106c0c566dde29`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xC2B	26777 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `e1ab3bbf30605cecdce6db9d2556198626dbb178f7a4cb471a9436bb6e8bd92f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x82F	462 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `ce4e2e110d14fc7fa9effef944b13a0414e5ae1d4f7487f459c13c509b14eed9`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x64	3470 bytes

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