Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 246148c2e5acd0eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3990-01-01 Authoring application: 8375
MD5: 198f7f74dc116fcc1548a6ebc66c4c92 SHA-1: 8cde62c91be7459f589c9cd1ea958bad8cbe3c3b SHA-256: 246148c2e5acd0ebea636a34adb21041862f39125961ff9a02f4ce31795883aa
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV identified this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, extracted as javascript_obj0013_001.js, is likely responsible for the malicious payload execution, though its specific actions are obfuscated.

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
abdb9417330b6da573ae0ab516e3ca6cfbbc80787b7db0eb4fce751f491cb430
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4800 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).