Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee7b4ebea232f146…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: a6c042455031989531afa21041866de8 SHA-1: 35ea9a33199481d35fd6979588f8f312d8cd5bd8 SHA-256: ee7b4ebea232f146059553213e16a59e845c60831f20d7a6ed6509e1349aaed5
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. The presence of embedded JavaScript, detected by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, indicates an attempt to execute malicious code. This JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to achieve its malicious objective.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36365 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36365
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
f4f66d038f17905259bde1ffdf733b5cd608aaea14aa152f15501d24805476c1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11667 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36364
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely