Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e88d6afe29691a76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.8 KB Created: 2009-12-03 19:44:83 Authoring application: PDF Library 9.2.4 (via PDF Library 6.7.5)
MD5: b8208e6aaac6fba2182993742c9a148f SHA-1: a1b53f01d5fcd6ef15f5ca2c96246e06a68315c1 SHA-256: e88d6afe29691a7672eb5891b386ffa37b9a031ff91b5103defbc85dbca02aaf
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple engines, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-11438'. Static analysis identified embedded JavaScript and the use of ASCIIHexDecode filters, indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. The ML classifier also assigned a very high probability of maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-11438 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-11438
  • 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
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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
71049d2f5330c415012e16274619ce54927f5675aa9204522cd6b314e8ccd9f0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x268 37665 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).