Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad0822b652937a3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1495-01-01 Authoring application: 285
MD5: fcd189bf17dbdd7cf1a06db443a97d51 SHA-1: 9963c5e1e7630f40ef39f5b3e315ab00089dc90b SHA-256: ad0822b652937a3fd8f226150f3438c0e724f33f33f4a4a89396b3f3eacf4a36
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' and a high ML score, indicating malicious intent. Embedded JavaScript streams were detected, suggesting the execution of malicious code. The presence of JavaScript actions and obfuscation indicators in the extracted artifact points towards an exploit attempting to gain initial access.

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
14a9a987aad81d59b784880a2d96613367f2a0fe0d62dc3266e97fa7c6a65385
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4795 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).