Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b76a70de5af02efb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.5 KB Created: 2009-05-01 21:21:45 Authoring application: tvEeSFCPx (via NeTSnrx)
MD5: debf4703b952662a31176ea43985535d SHA-1: 262bd0633c1c6f4b5844eb77ceb0523f774f81b5 SHA-256: b76a70de5af02efb0bb38751e4e7f4ba38ad572c9f96e69e019f64ebdcab340a
188 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identifying it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-11883'. The presence of `eval()` and `unescape()` calls within the JavaScript streams points to obfuscation techniques used to hide malicious code, likely for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities and executing a payload. No specific IOCs beyond the ClamAV signature were extracted.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-11883 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-11883
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
04f6c85df85590879788e57d0848ccc561dfc3126dc9aa67c65200e1f73a6387
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
3dfacc87120aa0d5e25594a3be9a936bdc907bfe83471d6a23dc8aed82f83327
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35039 bytes