Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd9a5fd8f89d8d21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: f8d0eb60fe44dcdbd06c3a065679135d SHA-1: cd0d6c5c4e9225e6e770db9068153429393c8af8 SHA-256: cd9a5fd8f89d8d2119f1bddc1db4302191593c0ffb2486477c3321671923ee83
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.Exploit.Agent-36066' and a high ML classifier score. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS firings, suggests the document is designed to execute malicious code. The JavaScript likely facilitates the exploitation of the PDF reader or downloads a secondary payload, contributing to the overall malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes