Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e420be1fe0154e74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

389.1 KB
MD5: a01358553e9b7007d48befae0a9af661 SHA-1: f69f4a9538571e7c270ddc05b50edadbab305148 SHA-256: e420be1fe0154e7420c6c01b3a105143711bf06c1142b2682cdc9dbf0d6b78dd
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple detection engines, including ClamAV which identified it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the use of ASCIIHexDecode filters with exploit indicators suggest an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The primary goal appears to be the delivery of a malicious payload, likely executed via embedded JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
64a039685fafefcb65ad59baa79c314cad26a3aca414ff60060adef8d0556184
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 132542 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36175
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely