Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1eac73c176a60354…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7194-01-01 Authoring application: 8113
MD5: 166127aece4a77023e9dc0bfb239e595 SHA-1: 4b88b541f86c9b003ba46f9a1edc8b17156d1de7 SHA-256: 1eac73c176a60354e655d60af623b2eb450ec47af7a2d9295242e8c46e40bfe1
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' and the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' heuristic with 'Script obfuscation indicators' further confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is likely responsible for executing the exploit or downloading a secondary 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 1 related finding 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
0a1686ad4dfe391a9f4ea175c89ce7e64f77a79d26f6e2829bde0bee3e4cdad5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4805 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).