Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf5ab8ede15d4c0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.4 KB
MD5: c216a6941810d028e9eacdc23de04d9b SHA-1: 2dc5740aec485ec5cd7e0656d703cfad72a12ac3 SHA-256: cf5ab8ede15d4c0c8423873685780e029637f596d0f00c706a98f7ab3fa8bf9a
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV, indicating malicious content. Specifically, it contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF reader vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36177' ClamAV detection name. No specific malware family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36177 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36177
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
a7e6203b0e8f812879ed8382ccbb3900ad81b5a92faf27692f51de6e8c96c13a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 569 bytes