Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4b45f969522b3ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: b52d82c237beb3181d80dfdef78842e9 SHA-1: 842be0a7f4cf3fbb32b0fd4545868140fd0e1e93 SHA-256: b4b45f969522b3edd89d4dbd0e5c6c545ec8e918544aa228110dc592d0a4bf3e
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723' and a high ML score. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run this script, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723
  • 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
686ee9ea8cfc448b84623272b41f7e443b2bc6453b0cd5749716f5a44989336d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11549 bytes