Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0610cc70001e6d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.4 KB
MD5: b19e992e7fbdb1edab9b73e22614bb3a SHA-1: 4167ac66683a5e592ace8b1ebe3442f30a122020 SHA-256: d0610cc70001e6d5b3e2cb064d720e0ce8681585614459c740ed5302be227cd7
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics confirm the presence and execution of embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Agent' component in the ClamAV detection name.

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