Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9dcaa3c205f5f0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB Created: 2010-04-20 07:39:54 Authoring application: eovLRTZEMoyuEUCv (via BwEbmnhISsnMCRWwr)
MD5: 9b47ad9cc6a7fbc5a4541fc5626e073d SHA-1: bdae79c940219d7d62c0cb4b931b5dfbecae99d7 SHA-256: b9dcaa3c205f5f0ed7c4c7b59344d5c97fa9045ab0231f5bffb4c04bf7a8db7e
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF was flagged as malicious by a ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572) and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by heuristic firings and the presence of an extracted JavaScript file. The ML classifier's high confidence score suggests a sophisticated exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
8c42d2efd147f2ddb934af877016f6e77afa1c0e08b98ce3fbdb1a99cee09223
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x443 7696 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).