Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 beb24e4873f13fbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8157-01-01 Authoring application: 755
MD5: e879d5b8341258ec393376a4aa8f5d27 SHA-1: ce1f4257566cdba0431b3965618e7e38f3fd8bd8 SHA-256: beb24e4873f13fbe5a3a4dc2824c8db5bb1d01fdbb40d3fca52c3ddcda756580
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic further supports its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing a malicious payload, contributing to the overall attack.

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
8a1593af95c4d393a066a5c9132787b57021452f9da778aa8aba1f9e085235ef
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4779 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).