Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9559efb027cf307…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.4 KB
MD5: f85fbd12053f9c1007bc6edb805523bc SHA-1: 0c29d6c363d9d1068a78364a46fde010ec345cad SHA-256: f9559efb027cf30755878aa4e544fa9721f5e122d88a4ffded7bda7aee80a385
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22312) and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript with an eval() call, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22312 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-22312
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0032_000.js
9e3da5fc40f81bd688da6b90b3e2eb8939af8b99b46f73014f26c20168765fd9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x2CA 3298282 bytes