Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebb4f64f2fa63264…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1679-01-01 Authoring application: 2879
MD5: e5b3622fe99b648c7c33f5a065d97fcf SHA-1: 6ce50caf1fc83b8e9379d2813e02f58c5d134c6f SHA-256: ebb4f64f2fa63264012587700b45f52fe28658b0a31382df1e9cd593ce2a50b6
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 and ML classifiers indicate a high probability of maliciousness. Embedded JavaScript, obfuscated with hex escapes, is present and likely responsible for the exploit. The specific exploit and its payload are not fully discernible due to obfuscation, but the presence of JavaScript actions and streams points to an attempt to execute malicious code.

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
4c7870ebca86348e1a96f671aef132951f5733e06dc5a735a0a771322b16a39b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4794 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).