Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5a897efa7f150bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2009-08-26 23:02:49 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.13 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.13)
MD5: 9dfd077fb3e2f8f7b87e972b50537a5f SHA-1: fd6e997001728f312bc47adae64a01cbc17446f3 SHA-256: c5a897efa7f150bb4b65304059aabee6441d2b70fab9c6276294edb9ef0a419f
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7301266-0'. Embedded JavaScript streams were also detected, indicating the file's likely purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8846

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7301266-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7301266-0
  • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0087_000.js
e7017e94912d8d12cd6bec0e2e2bb1817fe648b50ed531363e6b3e46700f899d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 87 at offset 0xF22C 23901 bytes
javascript_obj0088_001.js
91a9b866f71c2056c0539329ec02205a6971cd43c508dd936b99414b17f2db5e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 88 at offset 0x12942 244 bytes
javascript_obj0089_002.js
df96b7db9a473d84f9a20a99c48f333f2726d0d81575f6a0884312595943ed43
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 89 at offset 0x12A42 153 bytes
javascript_obj0090_003.js
bebe294d5cd5b45bf87c4265051d43b3404106a807be0b53017aa46c3f3fd3c8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 90 at offset 0x12B15 165 bytes