Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbfd3a567bcc57dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.9 KB
MD5: 25c7d4102acaf5030ea64cda7fdb874e SHA-1: 63359bc86589d9371fa009c5d9cdcc6169ff5b7e SHA-256: dbfd3a567bcc57dc0488a882cf7ffc539d8370a01cd705ed45d9bc9c164795d7
190 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics, including PDF_EVAL and PDF_UNESCAPE, indicating the presence of obfuscated JavaScript. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly the deobfuscated one, likely contain code to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
  • 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_obj111611_000.js
f23e505f155bfa9b9f356fa9fddf8d7fcafcc37fc2df3878e575e72c00c819d4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x669 697 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
046ff299293668cf7ef39e2c92bb0b7a987cb7992e6c23ffcd3583c1c17950e3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 2822 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).