Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd51cb146e15b51c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 275 Authoring application: 9999
MD5: dd0375678df1a4f2f5ddb131af4da7fd SHA-1: e99e5997417eb332f4a22d17bd0c0cae4aa1e735 SHA-256: dd51cb146e15b51ca9ce44c11c6dd74330357695199ca91e4799e51d3626d576
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is further confirmed by the extraction of a JavaScript file. This JavaScript is likely responsible for executing an exploit, as suggested by the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' heuristic which noted obfuscation. The primary IOC is the extracted JavaScript file itself, which is the likely vector for the malicious activity.

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
d21d7854af9d6358c26ac608221b9a915c8d03ce3acacd109ae87555f6f87c35
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4782 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).