Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f761a851ad319006…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.0 KB
MD5: e02814d71b5fd5e665dd62f2a39036e5 SHA-1: c76a219303cc57516fc8170b4574a29faf72e96c SHA-256: f761a851ad31900625dbb53d4199bdf2c9f1dab3bff98cb7dfabac0a21689b44
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics and ClamAV as malicious, specifically detecting an exploit related to embedded content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and RichMedia (Flash) further supports this, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The extracted artifact 'UgkpiRZRj.swf' is likely the payload or exploit component.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 7

  • 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
  • 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
UgkpiRZRj.swf
c2b666a3ef4c191b77b78c037656e50477b8ba3d35fd61ae843a3a1f4d41c5c1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x15F3 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
c3eb68913e61eed60e2768695d29556d7f54462213125bb2868d0e6c08fcf319
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x140 3894 bytes