Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c56e7cd001a94081…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: af8fdea95d75931640e2eb5015937ffe SHA-1: e8fbb86bbfa9e5a784e68bb401321bff3f174c0d SHA-256: c56e7cd001a940819077e5f08eac7cc15834efdf31fdd0612460e04702e5a114
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36365'. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to download and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36365 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36365
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
ba710189efc53e873372be7ea1d99ba9f7486ae5d99c9e7e64a16f0425f055ab
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11951 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36364
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely