Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c507583c41513bac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: b51702dbf4aacd89d7d3efe088b1eb81 SHA-1: 2df05f1afc840ddde5bdc493c1031d0cdfd694ae SHA-256: c507583c41513bac5b34c9b50128d48dab99dbba12d4fe18843c5e1f7c97afc4
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically detecting it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121. Embedded JavaScript was also found, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code. The exact nature of the exploit and its payload could not be determined due to obfuscation, but the presence of JavaScript and the high confidence detection strongly suggest an exploit attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
120ff4675b3dfbc7b95aeb22d34c0d7fd4e3df835739f5e0260a9bd28615fa46
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA87 348 bytes