Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d76fcbfdf3a6deb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9259-01-01 Authoring application: 9729
MD5: fc39190de2225dbd2d8eddbb094d53b1 SHA-1: 069c60df2902120be8205cc7fa6612fef6cfdaf0 SHA-256: d76fcbfdf3a6deb0acb841b5da346e07d7ed9b220bf9f284c3f1d6f9103bbae3
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including ML and ClamAV detection. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is suspicious due to hex escape obfuscation and script obfuscation indicators. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.

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
309cc20d6a4c82c435ba537027071e7f15b71c9120af2652dbed11b984d863f9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4771 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).