Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9f783935dca22a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.5 KB
MD5: 1a439bb2df1ea988af68b0fa5c1d3131 SHA-1: 9207944e8d8424da94f1d37c9fc91a76cf9e3bc1 SHA-256: b9f783935dca22a44c9c0bddc742c71023da05b2f1c5070690b80cd11c72f264
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1551402' and an ML classifier indicating high maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript streams were detected, suggesting the PDF is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of a large encoded JavaScript blob further supports this. The exact nature of the payload is not discernible from the provided evidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1551402 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1551402
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
1e78be781c3b6d0dbae9bad23dc51b6cce63d7eae067a32513b06cccdc453dfd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x312A 485210 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 555 long base64-like blob(s).