Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb00c4c29986b6e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB Created: 2009-08-04 22:47:12 Authoring application: XEKjnXgQdgiIFCti (via xbhYSDUXhMEItcJO)
MD5: de5ab0ed89c85d2ec65e9f63d898b1cc SHA-1: c73fe67d0599c647dbc5da1d59d38e8016fe89ad SHA-256: eb00c4c29986b6e99df970908a4d088fc1194477cc40ac6a0846fc27b47d81bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and a high-confidence PDF_EVAL. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, identifying it as Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7319810-0. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript streams, specifically javascript_obj0007_000.js and javascript_obj0007_001.js, suggests the document's primary purpose is to execute malicious code, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7319810-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7319810-0
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
b445596828e36343833460de628df9396fea69c1b45997d65f99933edbc899fd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x485 6412 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
fc10b13e994e3df55f9c52cedce3acc1c510739784d2aa8f7d79509ac4e4f865
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x485 3185 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).