Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25465505c1cc17d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 30 Authoring application: 6042
MD5: 3b9ae648df9dd68d62a57b720dfcd215 SHA-1: 3b3eadc04332e60d97a63cc0111024ee2ec1426e SHA-256: 25465505c1cc17d6e69e2bcc012e0fdc64ea0f44eef3b9a708fa68c1b8e14b71
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 ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, though obfuscated, is the likely mechanism for delivering the exploit payload.

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
9ec4d0019e8974fe1258a5c12d79675ffbf7948db35b6c90981d5ec0a750fc2f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 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).