Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f383ba62af8eab4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2858-01-01 Authoring application: 8564
MD5: 0ab6b1b927e559ab0c40d071886f62cf SHA-1: 31492f94afa20f5514b727d6d1a8065357f42b7b SHA-256: f383ba62af8eab4d1a200e94b6c02c6e45b900d2602b813226016e9ee134f079
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. Static triage indicated suspicious artifacts including hex escape obfuscation and script obfuscation within an embedded JavaScript file. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader.

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
98c1fae5db24802eae6ec97c21718526565cf68bdc392c19b4022bcbf5dd1d87
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4723 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).