Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 add3820e0a7b65ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.8 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)
MD5: c44f2d064e90a48d9164c26cc976f649 SHA-1: ee8a97906809b94a852f9cf2123c2f3990c000e0 SHA-256: add3820e0a7b65ac29af14f1f08a266017fd8fca57bd80a47526c0a2010d6f9c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript with eval() and String.fromCharCode calls, indicating obfuscated code execution. The 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristics, along with the 'PDF_LAUNCH' and 'PDF_EVAL' firings, strongly suggest this PDF is designed to exploit a vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'unknown_exploit_score' and the nature of the heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0027_000.js
c42d0778902558c48381f06fbddc8b99c2904874fcced6951c0b2c58c507f61e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x21C1 7970 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).