Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20b93fabd9f9c0b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 545 Authoring application: 114
MD5: afb3d06fe5ecf44f5690c19367cf0474 SHA-1: 8b6746be173231aadce337097f04ff06f9115972 SHA-256: 20b93fabd9f9c0b78a0b686015a103c97a0f34d7fb6b7325cdd5119cae6e6e5f
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The critical ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests exploitation. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' likely contains the exploit code, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The obfuscation indicators within the extracted JavaScript further support malicious intent.

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
95ffa1f800e32c9534e3252aab31315a1544da48a7e14c33404806cd992d6f95
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4814 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).