Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8b9836238cf45a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.3 KB
MD5: 0aa6cdbd0978b7742af5408707eff1d9 SHA-1: 24e0b97de249d2377d67dda5579a7164c56f641a SHA-256: b8b9836238cf45a83e12c3e112306b33515e08c18ef8e79dc8f15745e00b3072
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it contains an exploit. Embedded JavaScript with eval() calls was detected, suggesting the execution of arbitrary code. The primary function appears to be exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run a malicious script, likely for further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-2415 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-2415
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0006_000.js
595408fa001dd879d05e6e9ec9b3b6fb553f4eb9ae18c563815762b69a3af02c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF3 3227 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 7 long base64-like blob(s).