Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fcc462f171f0946…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.8 KB Created: 2010-02-20 00:38:06 Authoring application: veIOaAEHPBePPTU (via MrhrqsnvVlbLES)
MD5: 987d82a0ccc5ce82a210ff200a0c4716 SHA-1: 312fb2f86cb65e626e6eafefa099f29aef8f9dcf SHA-256: 1fcc462f171f0946aa10adcb339f737446beb5ef2d1df7c4a62e2ea952abcefa
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572. Static analysis detected embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities. The extracted JavaScript file, javascript_obj0007_000.js, is highly suspicious and likely responsible for the malicious behavior. The document body content is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further clues about the specific lure.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
5cce6828558fb08d0db1c865afed4bc07a24ea8d53f49a49d77537ceffa712ce
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x484 8095 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).