Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba6e322420c8839b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: aaaaaaaa
MD5: dbd5d263cae6bc5b9e52e938d51cd849 SHA-1: e06c57ee60c61b0664d39eee4820ab88aa9db6d3 SHA-256: ba6e322420c8839bae0adc72ac3c78b3a49f9a4f5a2f0d90f51ed0b222993034
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, and a suspicious extracted artifact named 'javascript_obj0013_001.js'. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, potentially exploiting a known PDF vulnerability.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • 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
730d26cb2e830eccab5a0e967e82680af03e7b19c0937b0a48bffb80721a32e9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 3695 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).