Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e7b1ddc4ae0b88a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 5690cf27eca80a8c4ff25f2146a72096 SHA-1: 7ef456c3b84af6321590383aa9765af15182374f SHA-256: 1e7b1ddc4ae0b88a42ad45d91e5cb9f32fab405df89d511b1c85f866a0627a08
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with multiple eval() calls, indicating obfuscated code execution. Heuristics confirm JavaScript actions and eval() usage, and ClamAV identifies it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
f87d9a03c7e2b2ae67f21cbaf198a14c9d2582b16ddacdd9c6f7a72d36199af6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13204 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 7 long base64-like blob(s).