Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fb2eec1c71dd536…

MALICIOUS

PDF

146.3 KB
MD5: 9856edb91e90bc6f5238b3a278a3b2bf SHA-1: ad62d150716dd1dbaf732a7f124952380da05909 SHA-256: 1fb2eec1c71dd536c9afdbbb1a4b7a70a0b7ea56124d7292b069d9552c294013
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is detected as a PDF exploit (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189) and contains embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript stream is obfuscated but contains calls to unescape(), indicating an attempt to hide malicious code. This suggests the primary function is to exploit a PDF vulnerability to execute this script, which in turn likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The presence of a large JavaScript object and the ClamAV detection strongly support this attack pattern.

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.bitstream.com
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
19cbe2756e2bbab36f0c3fbe6aa4596df5ae226dd1b51521944e3bea2db2b74d		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 27317 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bin
a8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 65932 bytes

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