Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b3bf76b09cd0492…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 11b39a15a7dc64456e670b4947950764 SHA-1: 5cee7bff9f779f4276e84c2846a4c1263d1f76aa SHA-256: 1b3bf76b09cd0492db694a798375b2c7f3657a90ba2dacb166e0dbba028bf851
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic firing indicates the PDF contains a known exploit, specifically 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by two low-severity heuristics, strongly suggests that this script is responsible for executing the exploit. The likely intent is to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes