Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db461c2a273b2db8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.5 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)
MD5: 01bb5fb26de6194e0004728228440b05 SHA-1: dde22eef1d38ccaf1a19a64c897fcfad64488a21 SHA-256: db461c2a273b2db8a577912009e80887776ed10618c35d22ca8aa688b8530869
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541, indicating a known exploit. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with eval() and String.fromCharCode() calls, typical of obfuscated malicious code. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary function appears to be executing arbitrary code via PDF vulnerabilities, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0027_000.js
cf86d0bc0ff2bc95570c95f37764d930f364a913c28798bd2d615669a63ef3fb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x21C1 4578 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).