Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af74786dd71423a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.3 KB Created: 2011-01-20 15:30:08
MD5: 9dabfd6ad6e948a5c29de0186b05b7a6 SHA-1: f89afeaa821af883ee877b68372628e10ccd3f2f SHA-256: af74786dd71423a0b51b4cbf571ca9730710b09d4ce9b31bdd8bdd84a0bed72f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36859'. It contains embedded JavaScript and uses JBIG2Decode and ASCIIHexDecode filters, which are common in PDF exploits. The presence of these elements indicates the file is designed to exploit vulnerabilities and likely download or execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36859 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36859
  • JBIG2Decode filter medium PDF_JBIG2
    JBIG2 image decoder present — historically used in zero-click exploits
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
jbig2_00_off000028ca.bin
833fe8ec86289306ecbc0f0d08aa0c6de1e14eb3bb09ac4adcbe2577458bae17		 pdf-jbig2-stream PDF JBIG2 stream (Flate-decoded) at offset 0x28CA 6161 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.97, consistent with packed or encrypted content.

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