Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e176dedc0770761b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5664-01-01 Authoring application: 1514
MD5: e0a5a65de82523e2f44b03729af5807f SHA-1: 8f1b8a76f1f6e3614213c8d60b09e735b330b4a4 SHA-256: e176dedc0770761bc53be7850fb1b0eff41cf566af283df4b8dd4ada109c546f
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it contains an exploit. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript within the PDF, which is further supported by the extraction of a JavaScript file. This JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the exploit, potentially leading to further stages of the attack.

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
c238052111dc3aff760aa79b6e840a2111d8c31f27d202fd51f6f98998483236
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4792 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).