Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a1b676e93145798…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8468-01-01 Authoring application: 7325
MD5: 61b35057d9c6da24b1c48a5cc0e47875 SHA-1: 3ebaf33e3c0a462b39a9f6348cd0151819d259f2 SHA-256: 1a1b676e93145798e886167816f60886110d4432c12105833716b74ac2272d27
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 Scripting: JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is flagged for obfuscation, implying it's designed to hide malicious actions such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The document body contains numerical strings that may be related to exploit parameters or versioning.

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
c3f0c73fdf0bf98b025175269eb6d4599d2c34083701f5ab8a2bf9e8fdcd72e5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4789 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).