Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9b9b1a6038fb434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.9 KB Authoring application: fvck
MD5: d000e74163e34fc65914676674776284 SHA-1: 94358cebc08f6677df9b28e5b893dce71003081a SHA-256: b9b9b1a6038fb434a35c03e41b96197179fe9ed82dabdb58c8af3167c6561533
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including ML classification and ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-30128. The JavaScript stream utilizes an unescape() function, indicating obfuscation. The primary function of the embedded script is to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-30128 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-30128
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
b89671df54fb9e35d8ff9ad1a10c6f643f8ade670fcd79d2f1f78e03c499f69b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3A6 617 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).