Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f80921e5662cdea7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.9 KB
MD5: be2336a7fe7473a4a0907693a3552c53 SHA-1: 34153b4c393d89c68f57c5a427f6ad8c08860c81 SHA-256: f80921e5662cdea76e0ab906dd2356e2a5c10e313ef6e7ca50e21b68d8665921
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_FROMCHARCODE heuristics confirm the presence and use of JavaScript within the PDF. The PDF_FILTER_HEX and PDF_FILTER_85 heuristics suggest obfuscation techniques commonly used to hide exploit code. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as indicated by the exploit-related heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36178 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36178
  • 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.
  • 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