Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef74fa75ce641296…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: 05b4ffbea4e905341428f3bf56724ca4 SHA-1: a1cd834ab4cc7db6ef23df0472a38c0b842e22ac SHA-256: ef74fa75ce641296c0a79c85d21a120ab7640176d1808b03156d7d77032ea7e1
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further malicious content. The presence of a long encoded blob and a suspicious JavaScript object further supports this. The ML classifier output of 0.999979 indicates a very high likelihood of maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7321886-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7321886-0
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
30faad38b078f2673b4a97c3666331d4665514702011ef57a981a2fb68815037
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x12D 11098 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).