Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f497088afe4fe559…

MALICIOUS

PDF

146.9 KB
MD5: 1a4d8daef39fcad709f5aadec636d3f1 SHA-1: 54b7dc63d170ea6053aeaa0758625fef8ee73cd1 SHA-256: f497088afe4fe559e1d33255de32ec18bdca45d27f8d309e311f49c60484f47e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristic firings. The presence of unescape() calls and ASCIIHexDecode filters, along with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189), strongly suggests exploitation. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload from one of the suspicious URLs found in the document. The document body content is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear user-facing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.bitstream.com
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
aafb7c0c0518a3f70911898d017277912b4e7b70efd6290011fbadd37dc90d16		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 27541 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0013_001.js
7fa3a23f1e28433f9820eabad95d3fdaf7047a4d9c2e82b1debf56f6e0830fdf		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x1056D 27549 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bin
a8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 65932 bytes

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