Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff51ab7c55c1ad7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.6 KB
MD5: aad7d6de731306937ed914ce9845c5a9 SHA-1: dbc384ba6acfcf79cd55ff8b76c7442800572860 SHA-256: ff51ab7c55c1ad7b22f05a93d825b6b4a214c70a9e48b4fe4bc7786dbf05bef3
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36388'. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The embedded JavaScript itself was detected by ClamAV as 'Js.Exploit.HTML-27', indicating it likely attempts to exploit a known vulnerability.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36388 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36388
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
2c80b6869083988d65ba519f2050100021d8b84ea8ff206013de665f1899881b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 119440 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-27
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely