Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be26e65f2cc6eec7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2078-01-01 Authoring application: 4831
MD5: fd06d34a8c1fde3ee269fadb5a16d370 SHA-1: e6059839af9d2681406677c330ce661d6c86a58a SHA-256: be26e65f2cc6eec71136269fbd1459e01710f63003d42f5951e0a995c6517590
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple engines, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF reader vulnerabilities or download secondary payloads. The ML classifier also provided a very high confidence score for maliciousness. The extracted JavaScript file shows obfuscation indicators, suggesting an attempt to hide its malicious functionality.

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
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
ea91ad9a798a8c691ec489ce8054c7c31e3531e10df769685a507a42eeb7741f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4812 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).