Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3682ff1eec6a5f71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.2 KB Created: 2010-05-10 15:09:19 Authoring application: TMtsfq (via lPyrNFr)
MD5: 80e0435a04a1093b22263ea994cf9520 SHA-1: 8323bb409e8823dac739aae3ac9c48887f6bf1aa SHA-256: 3682ff1eec6a5f7182d3d734af81d66c23846178c2314671936096c8d7abc734
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7418074-0. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with eval() calls, indicating an attempt to obfuscate and execute malicious code. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the JavaScript and the 'dropper' classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7418074-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7418074-0
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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_obj0007_000.js
93d92e173be6b52d0d691dbde6042002ab6d92a3f6186ffcda795f4aad5c2da1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x23F 8089 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).