Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db8a76f87497f748…

MALICIOUS

PDF

30.2 KB Created: 2009-05-01 21:21:45 Authoring application: ghjkSFghjkCPx (via afdsdgf)
MD5: 0a6311781556d77446c59e060a70d7ed SHA-1: f493c96b33c20581849cc3dbd4c151fe969d1797 SHA-256: db8a76f87497f74803cc83fc8ed30a3610b8109383819daa72cf8bc690028e20
208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common attack vector for this type of exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
049a1a303e7a295c21f4b7586fde599dadcaab0f2e2a598f3c9effa7483324c1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x21C 29669 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
c6a0e5c5df10cdaa90fc8d36e5c9276a3cd1878bd68afdb79b28eac8c1d183ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x21C 28694 bytes