Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bef4e849cf88e2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: b1c1fea5d81a3ec674dad3637616e2a2 SHA-1: 7895ab9681f90ea2f100aab4d7d14dc1ada83874 SHA-256: 1bef4e849cf88e2a9c3c1e4407b767b815aa2483c317ca1ee33a00ad68586a1b
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic indicates this PDF is recognized as a known exploit (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066). The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by two low-severity heuristics, strongly suggests that the exploit action involves executing this script. The script's purpose is likely to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.

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