Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4b62f729a1bbc7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.2 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)
MD5: 3838ccd53376d5e1ac1c83d4fb69b389 SHA-1: 41fcf64107e983c40c49fb85fa1b7a50f3dcbbc7 SHA-256: b4b62f729a1bbc7b7747ca820ab85d0cd5d05576b70a0f3a79159d9502342395
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541, indicating it contains a known exploit. Heuristics confirm the presence of embedded JavaScript with eval() and String.fromCharCode calls, suggesting obfuscated code execution. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run malicious JavaScript, which likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0027_000.js
4e94a1a04e4dfa23ee646754a7423f5ba38f708be4c35b2e0a5eb82d0e4c61b5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x21C1 24152 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).