Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f74fae68adc76aff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.1 KB Created: 2009-03-31 03:32:02 Authoring application: MiyvsOiTizOVGxeZFEZo (via IvvAIBgiTGLHWS)
MD5: b1bcba4c608383b39f6765b5e532f917 SHA-1: cc9e8afe69cdc264ad005997a53f5b8911ab70c7 SHA-256: f74fae68adc76aff0da010a1238bc76c97d31346992b4d98f2aa63cf4e470b83
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7325231-0'. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, and a machine learning classifier also identified it as malicious. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common dropper behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7325231-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7325231-0
  • 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_obj0009_000.js
23dcd05259bc6f9967ae2d48fa58c8be7205d9a8b8ed788a8b59291867b8ed0a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x729 48744 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).