Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea95ff79d8f0e5c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB Created: 2009-05-01 21:21:45 Authoring application: tvEeSFCPx (via NeTSnrx)
MD5: eff1b6313d59001756d04e135ec75222 SHA-1: 019d93806bc52ccb55a7b52ce531eb33a2789880 SHA-256: ea95ff79d8f0e5c3717f865856006d72a9ead623f1e5500829bbf2042cb70f65
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35384. The JavaScript likely attempts to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to download and execute a secondary payload, a common attack pattern for this type of document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35384 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35384
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
f3c2d02fd5fd850efdcaca379e7c6b01c8a672ae4787a91b179b32e4e11da5d6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x22D 5324 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
a626c825ebf029ac5b6c05472a14841dab603b0db35175398bd71f18480cca02
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x22D 51 bytes