Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c93ee5f048c8234f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6188-01-01 Authoring application: 420
MD5: d859c6e12e867cd080cfce4965464689 SHA-1: 6ec86cd7b7db136546017403600850874745fcca SHA-256: c93ee5f048c8234f840a857198e555e5085516a44c2c554f4825ae57bde953a9
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript within the PDF, which is further supported by the extraction of a JavaScript file. This JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, potentially leading to further compromise.

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
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
4531a03b51cb09eab07cc39d5e5299cfe6bd6309be5005c2e265bd227bf04612
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4782 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).