Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1818f5c9e025596…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6537-01-01 Authoring application: 4555
MD5: f885bf54266d86f24acc7304e7ca1f99 SHA-1: 3611550dc734a1a5d556aca99e3f5ea11c2858d6 SHA-256: b1818f5c9e025596de6f40c41800916350ed01d7c732b357a2cba4c2b4845a98
126 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, indicating it contains an exploit. Embedded JavaScript streams and actions suggest the execution of malicious code. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for delivering the exploit or a secondary payload.

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
137112b8f0891763f959d7ee64346301f1c447b992bab779062a7070635b9ee8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4809 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).