PDF malware analysis — malicious · e4cc69ae807f7510

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: d3fc103517d78c1e4187001348a5d514 SHA-1: 77344ccd14f6135a758f5177c187d2965f88324d SHA-256: e4cc69ae807f751022815892657461ed08360cf4409e8db73a15d2c9505edc2c

208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with multiple eval() calls, indicating obfuscated code execution. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, contributing to the overall malicious intent.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
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.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `a28967a2fc61f7a67ecaf4693bf8ca04d93d0e4a3cdec4fb3838d10120ca9857`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x390	5192 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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