Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db7fd12bce3b6351…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1542-01-01 Authoring application: 4720
MD5: f28e535b05174f0c24efd9767670a7f6 SHA-1: 4e9b1c2e6b0c12ce019b9d44a89bc7ddc57112d8 SHA-256: db7fd12bce3b63511ab6ed7dbd6219a2bc1dbc7757de6978c6a413dd30173c29
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple engines, including a critical ClamAV detection for Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains exploit code designed to compromise the user's system.

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
a2d6f0ffdee985408f163efcce1f3b239eb6cf4a1deace9d3cc917c30688881b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4811 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).