Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 241ea31e9d41aa9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1402-01-01 Authoring application: 3567
MD5: 18e30d9d11b81369210225ba5ab00e95 SHA-1: ed01add946d06c4310159cce60ceb7437cdc7d12 SHA-256: 241ea31e9d41aa9df864eeae5fecd2de5226c0847f2fbafd5b759bee8081fcbc
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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' confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is likely responsible for executing the exploit, potentially leading to further stages of attack.

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
58576da00ea0613325c10bdd0e849c0dd0b9c975e24880a5eeddc98e7880eceb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4754 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).