Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c22fe62aa7c77b9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

4.6 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)
MD5: eb7271bc46cb1f0df5a23b10af7da999 SHA-1: 871d4bdc39f704e77d8426b1dfde1a00509287d8 SHA-256: c22fe62aa7c77b9ae758e9f7855b89278bd08f9a88c877b28a22c9c6ee52b883
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The unescape() call and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, further confirmed by ClamAV detecting it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13215. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to download and execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13215 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13215
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0006_000.js
5346eb1252363638dd9a6894c9318e65ef755921b939d3082b30c72c209324f5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF93 165 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).