Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c084f9c2d3e1bd1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.3 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 1a9752b60c4c0e686203c32b1fa0ccf3 SHA-1: c2190e16725a00a967deaab4683af739eae4ffaa SHA-256: c084f9c2d3e1bd1f2ac877a0dbbbb354d965af318ac146af8a5e657ba8715796
208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF sample was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587'. It contains embedded JavaScript with multiple eval() calls, indicating obfuscated code execution. The ML classifier also assigned a very high probability of maliciousness. The script's intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the use of eval() on concatenated strings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
40dbd5d914298d9afdd40fa475da8f6a3790a43404c100fb0e4b26168d8dc838
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x38D 5928 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).