Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e40d278e6e6308e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: f8a7288ba5ad253e5c4d07c585104110 SHA-1: b7003ed7fa3bdb7565e7004c016ae66f642f11b7 SHA-256: e40d278e6e6308e4e575ee5325ce91b68bbf8c748b148edd34b75a4ba5cadf90
106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader to execute code. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
92323c6637f2d479945397624e98f884dc603cee96b7cdfdfa648cc9db72be3b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA86 332 bytes