Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8c8ee4a70a47312…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: aaaaaaaa
MD5: d9b238df02ae8d03d2e490643b3be3e6 SHA-1: 336cf08a54a9e658a9816b1ab29b6781d19e8933 SHA-256: c8c8ee4a70a473120a73570a03c806fdb4b4846186bb0904a727fb7e581ffb05
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014). It contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, which is likely used to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The ML classifier output of 0.999994 strongly suggests a malicious exploit is present. No specific family could be identified, but the techniques point towards a common PDF exploit delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • 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
3b05a0cafb67077e1c837d1fd8318d5e45268ee045c81b0b46fac31c0422c0f7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 3670 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).