Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc4acbb1a5fdbb72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 1cd0037e6e60d5cead5fc5c1faaa917b SHA-1: 526ff5aeb9b1622e7ef540b6401e4531eea2f243 SHA-256: dc4acbb1a5fdbb723e405bfdc2ec06a57b8be45b32920bf3800aba8cb3f8d9fc
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The JavaScript is likely used to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the exact functionality could not be fully determined due to obfuscation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
224b301cbbf7c335db4dd0e694c41df604dadbbe397e52f42b68abc2d6cd07ab
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA87 309 bytes