Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1965d2957e3a477…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9052-01-01 Authoring application: 1666
MD5: eb3ce4416077a76232d685c661ea1ceb SHA-1: 5c64894d8ff9643912f1d431c84ec07d3df40cbe SHA-256: d1965d2957e3a477461dae76dc608af468090487efdd4abe9c4cb194432c081a
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. A JavaScript stream was extracted, which likely contains obfuscated code designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The ML classifier's high confidence score and the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggest this is a malicious PDF exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is the primary artifact associated with the exploit.

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
a81fdb6ca37239677448426d3168ae77ac329232e600118c3ccfdcf1aaa32dcd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4786 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).