Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b39391a3c36b5dcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: d72da305517a7122a193da72db1bca98 SHA-1: e772f664939076be52124d01ea54780ffe9164ff SHA-256: b39391a3c36b5dcb88d731adc01c1ed2283198020ef900573bfa5f4af5f09030
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94'. It contains embedded JavaScript, including a stager within the PDF metadata, which is indicative of an exploit attempt. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though the specific URL or execution method is not directly extractable from the provided metadata and script content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • PDF metadata JavaScript eval stager high PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reads document metadata fields such as title, subject, or producer, decodes character data with parseInt/String.fromCharCode style helpers, and evals the recovered stage. This is a high-signal exploit-kit staging pattern.
  • 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
2aaecef6f8ee02c4326e7cc7a4081ac6dad2b4c62ddc37d27981869c5da58378
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x3101 331 bytes