Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9029eb6fa3bc4f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8206-01-01 Authoring application: 4753
MD5: eb5c7a33c4482633e004042a5e521284 SHA-1: 232bd4b0a1d3cd42e5cdb204a6e39e4e23c228a8 SHA-256: a9029eb6fa3bc4f1fdeff259de78f3f4c01ef6cdbfcda16ad17fee2d7dd0dfc7
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. ML classification also strongly indicated maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript was detected and further analysis revealed obfuscation techniques, suggesting it's used to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body contained no readable text, but the presence of JavaScript and the exploit detection point to a typical exploit-delivery PDF.

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
264a2839e7c479510dc2f4ccf1b554dfb326b23eedddc57cb07d0fc09392ae8f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4791 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).