Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d267368976b202da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5424-01-01 Authoring application: 336
MD5: e532bd6a9b88368629e3baa99e418108 SHA-1: 9cbe352465418177190163fb689dc770359c2e38 SHA-256: d267368976b202da4ffa422532061210dfa0f735db9c277cc34efe66c3fcbea2
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 Scripting: JavaScript

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is further confirmed by the extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js'. This JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, potentially downloading further stages or exploiting vulnerabilities within the PDF reader.

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
e9f6d18ee9a94db5a837e0e33861c3d260faf03e59bfaac765b75d294678ddfb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4801 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).