Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae68c8af0cdcaf24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: ba3c8ca198b0b11b7e5df5f799ba0d3e SHA-1: 63474c1d9716a6979957325a0ead217da9f6c465 SHA-256: ae68c8af0cdcaf24b208025da0963ea86aaeb764578aa2ed7fb17e7ba32c7808
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple high-confidence heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV detection. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS firings, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening the document. This is consistent with exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to download and execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
24b2ae09900c662f895326f5f59a62b0dc23ab8dd015cdb4a91455008f910a2d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11306 bytes