Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea5c42ab0282fc28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7190-01-01 Authoring application: 7287
MD5: b2961ccd7819456a1f020a55f87b0838 SHA-1: 9c9b4e4c83132884c955358307d238bfb82d0c8b SHA-256: ea5c42ab0282fc286b12891ee6d575744e6bdf846fbf06441b495932a257f0a8
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple engines, including ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript with obfuscation, suggesting it's used to exploit a vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' heuristic. The file's SHA256 hash is provided as a primary IOC.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
754694187fa6d31557956687ebdfc0756f433be1e0d4096917ab988ed58f7b6a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4771 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).