Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b20781aba1b2559c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: ca5519e512fce322a9643a26ba2bf164 SHA-1: b7fc77fe4727d16ba274ceb84a42744041b15949 SHA-256: b20781aba1b2559c76f52791ea8311a061bc544faadf829479e476b5c4f94e15
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is likely used to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The embedded JavaScript is responsible for executing arbitrary code, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121' ClamAV detection name.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
236ba098466fd2837168c7560cad8aff71340977ee0f1eb4fdb6210b376a2fb8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA88 290 bytes