Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1be4db3fa4aec500…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7474-01-01 Authoring application: 5151
MD5: 24e31c05020a0c848508dcaddf62c554 SHA-1: d7dff187ec17fd782ccf5eb33bab096302ca43e4 SHA-256: 1be4db3fa4aec500b1e9b6ddbbab78abff67b1fcc983389629e8baf6fdfdf5ab
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of an embedded JS stream. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is an exploit document. The embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for the malicious payload execution, although its specific actions are not detailed in the provided evidence. The document body is unreadable, providing no further context on the lure.

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
a762d5e3eca48db1777c40e3fe67f480fd3e28a90682eb3d52e0be493b83322e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4794 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).