Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d689f06ae85d0292…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: f3f2513860c3af5434e9ad0c0bc3e207 SHA-1: 432a864bae896d5bb17e832a88df11d0e4250ce8 SHA-256: d689f06ae85d02926b2bd8da88473a37f8818a11cd3719c2cc4d682d703f4291
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 and a machine learning classifier with high confidence. Embedded JavaScript, detected by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, is likely responsible for executing the exploit and delivering the payload. The exact nature of the exploit and payload delivery is not fully discernible due to obfuscation, but the overall pattern suggests a malicious PDF designed for exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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
0f2303b257607f31806fe77216118477abe34828559cece35f8c0725d69267b5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9C7 480 bytes