Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc013d68ddc5f961…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: cca08f2b99f08c34a6ab3f17e9822378 SHA-1: a9c9ff98d9d579465ffe5e0cb016c70ed6f69885 SHA-256: dc013d68ddc5f9611c91f7f5bc95fd9b8c6c9ec02d53196b165cdb6219c6896e
208 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-35587. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with multiple eval() calls, indicating obfuscation. The ML classifier also assigned a high probability of maliciousness. The script likely attempts to download and execute a secondary payload, as suggested by the obfuscated JavaScript and the presence of an extracted JavaScript file.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
17efcfaba79e47a6d54692884857809850fbbd0e3295e84fa05ab4920eab3e77
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x38E 5196 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).