Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef7759addea8229a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

151.0 KB
MD5: e62cef8e1afb04b10053df34a6bd0bf1 SHA-1: f1ff071e90f695731a5d6d749e342bc1028a50be SHA-256: ef7759addea8229a9e78d39c0c4662205a08eaf1a659f9de3579bf9c55762c21
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object (SWF file), indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver a secondary payload. The embedded JavaScript stream and the SWF file are the primary indicators of malicious activity, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
  • 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.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
AemNCzacqQvSuKs.swf
c2b666a3ef4c191b77b78c037656e50477b8ba3d35fd61ae843a3a1f4d41c5c1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x1D68 26774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
62bd4542a047c20431ed03f6c3817a3529fd5dcecde0ac500a3be9b33a4aee97
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x126 22583 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).