Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3c454254acd30f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4181-01-01 Authoring application: 3677
MD5: fa7ef1a237c5ecb0013dd13fd861eff1 SHA-1: d2b082e4f58b7f28746da43d44e8194e37960d23 SHA-256: b3c454254acd30f0bb1fa76daa75cedff136cb956d91fc185aee16a9ebf84fc7
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple engines, including ClamAV which identified it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. This JavaScript is likely responsible for executing an exploit, as suggested by the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS firing and the suspicious extracted artifact. The primary IOC is the embedded JavaScript file.

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
be7619b1328bb71d22befdec63f585ff695a4404db02e4448cbd021dd86c1a7f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4796 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).