Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fad09ee673921dec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2824-01-01 Authoring application: 2700
MD5: e1351c7f57e7728b450c01381a210665 SHA-1: 382f7bbf8a6fc6e4e4a2504ed734fd44ec9abae8 SHA-256: fad09ee673921dec5176c97da37f18e69e0b17afaf6dda541a5bad041ac60ecd
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute code. The JavaScript stream is obfuscated, preventing a detailed analysis of its specific actions, but it is highly likely to be responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to achieve code execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
4ef4fa190a2891abe89ebf13eb69e77adbd7566cf067fb04f8b7b388e8edd01e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4783 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).