Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3629ac825e107d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: 9eb4025dab545b8804c576d7a123a233 SHA-1: b98c70af75a6094d812fc96feb75dc2fbd610d7e SHA-256: e3629ac825e107d39674b92a9bf033cb845350a58c3821eaaec346b8cff7beb4
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple detection engines, including ClamAV which specifically names it 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, indicates an attempt to execute malicious code upon opening the PDF. This strongly suggests the PDF is designed to exploit a vulnerability and download or execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36723
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
266c5861e3e9ecd358713088031cc5d901d27ec41f68da41100eaa2775e3ba77
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11605 bytes