Pdf.Dropper.Agent — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 deb920568c58647f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB Authoring application: Nitro Pro 8
MD5: ad331c8df97ff8fbdba229e602b22ab2 SHA-1: b28e3e9080a139520f7b8f22cf88ce20aa9db442 SHA-256: deb920568c58647fa8db6387ac7435f6e04059f5d186c7e0ee5c0a52c184f980
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Pdf.Dropper.Agent · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, which identified it as Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7166224-0. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, including an unescape() call, indicating obfuscation. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for dropper malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7166224-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7166224-0
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
2ee2a8012721797d7e3c4891552075609e85715487e87b6e76efdf1ed40286ce
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x10 1953 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).