Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c73ea4a072786b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3798-01-01 Authoring application: 2883
MD5: 64b3ec283e914b99107d43e86cf5e885 SHA-1: 348beac113c167586b01ddfb24581e2ee783e340 SHA-256: 1c73ea4a072786b36e0505f08c52fa1a19e89e0b39de9637d4e96d4c44787c48
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its payload. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging a PDF vulnerability to run this script, which likely downloads and executes a second-stage 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
f384d080b2f306f5f1de34a4cd0f61faad1ae10e094e2f3347bb9874b2558ae4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4779 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).