Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ad145759a08bf3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6336-01-01 Authoring application: 5530
MD5: d008fb24e1a595f6090f185bea6bb991 SHA-1: 8f4b0fbe43bf1cdafec8bfbc22a7b5987b43dafa SHA-256: 1ad145759a08bf3be8a7d12b5b6cf92fb98549559cb45361ef4674c732a16c72
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 exploitation. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' shows signs of obfuscation, typical of exploit delivery mechanisms. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging a PDF vulnerability to execute this script, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

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
db36be24fc5ee2e72dda6944af039964838a2b47bf96435a3184a870db2e5728
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4796 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).