Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c10898d915f16e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 283 Authoring application: 2296
MD5: af6ee2637bc5b6947725956daa1794ec SHA-1: 7ec8a76383315842e1b8de70190be6803776dade SHA-256: 1c10898d915f16e27059d3366e97a2d291044d759b9162a9f4155aa937fba2ff
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' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is suspicious due to obfuscation indicators. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
51b648916e477c68b15e307cc3b967dc86effcef81c5cd7ee7e5a9659868b61a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4809 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).