Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6ae50453d31de50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.4 KB
MD5: 36c88823233f9efe9fba92b89ce6b956 SHA-1: ffa283678186cf99de3c9649eae679e80d2dcb9b SHA-256: f6ae50453d31de5041ebc19b9e883703237101b1869d626b09705d0e7e73ca4c
232 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object, both flagged as suspicious. The ML classifier and ClamAV detections strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for loading and executing the Flash object, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities within PDF viewers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • 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)
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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
20101297.swf
155cb1ff00e6c687a380ad31d1ca035be4d34d8d46179a65e733a7fef7b99805
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x989 53922 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
javascript_obj0006_000.js
87d5b49cd49d28d0af3bc6750b17e2aa546a082553afd5792b19aa54a72d742e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF6 9280 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 199 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).