PDF malware analysis — malicious · bb8ad6e3cdb0a868

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 7388039dfd5fcc7a72948734bdbafc86 SHA-1: 36250dec80cdccc6770f06b53a2ece506032a8c6 SHA-256: bb8ad6e3cdb0a8681275cba0c0f604da270192c4cccf554f52bd59de3dbb4d02

148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically an exploit. The embedded JavaScript uses eval() and string concatenation to construct and execute code, a common technique for downloading and running further malicious content. The specific ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118' points to a known exploit.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_000.js` `0b9d2ff0998948a0de44ac8e2e2d9a306a9deaf0d36df2a37efeae8f406b9780`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336	13168 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).

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