Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e72820c7caa9e7ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 269829aeaf9206a2e9b217477e0cd684 SHA-1: 6b874664e21d9c2c358110cbd8c4e2c43126424a SHA-256: e72820c7caa9e7bad41b12b2c3aa7171755840c35447d8cc0536a6012973c195
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript was detected, suggesting an exploit attempt to execute arbitrary code. The specific exploit and its payload are not detailed in the provided evidence, but the presence of JavaScript points to an attack pattern involving user interaction to trigger the exploit.

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
07160e8e414b80a1ea9ceb2d194a5bbb8d45fe2e94c2a89a2883b3677424ca77
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA87 333 bytes