Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb9b19a9a8ba3578…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.95 MB Created: 2009-04-11 12:18:31 Authoring application: PqhGDXpGiGErbDKCAzOsU (via DHqNNMLIBzCWLpUqhV)
MD5: db97e78fd3087a644f2b5c7a0b66eee7 SHA-1: 6323ada52b05fc4806b58706e82dedeb752e7cde SHA-256: bb9b19a9a8ba3578de4d438d08eb33c34ddd07419175cb7806c76f9026f17084
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572. Static analysis detected embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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
8f7800968ae1032a3dcb7bd610fb903aed7b58fd6defbc4d23bbfebc4038b686
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x344 7439 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).