Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7216661-0 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5c781419c76c4f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.0 KB
MD5: 1115f986de2fe63a81f738112ed339e0 SHA-1: 3a5b6507636920f7ad232b998766bf39dbbfc96b SHA-256: b5c781419c76c4f65192f6babc1ce4c0781653e6720eaafca97e129aca17c3a0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7216661-0 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript with multiple obfuscation techniques, including eval() and unescape() calls, and String.fromCharCode. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7216661-0' detection name and the presence of an extracted JavaScript file. The ML classifier output of 0.999992 further supports the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7216661-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7216661-0
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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_obj111611_000.js
9864171cc4152f5d3e5671809dd40cebe1cf9319d0b8bfb0abd003cff50482db
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x6F6 332 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).