Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb9647e98d60424e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7620-01-01 Authoring application: 7470
MD5: 153503f4d534652b9a6bd209ca2ae5c8 SHA-1: 8f8e69b92e218ec266f8fc9180e9e92af9392bbc SHA-256: cb9647e98d60424e8102009998504db109aa71af2df63c959896d8fd652e1af4
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. Static triage indicated hex escape and script obfuscation within an embedded JavaScript object. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the embedded artifact name and the nature of PDF exploits.

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
598797f79b1a014375ac392dae2953132455d14fd7caf91afa3383f05a7eba0c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4723 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).