Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25553da85a31470e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 7d01a347b78d4ba64284d31b77a2bee8 SHA-1: 26a5c52270ed09bd2c33bdb6d1fe9b68864c2d5d SHA-256: 25553da85a31470ea83a322b703e279e6ee8ac79662a096bf91c0b88c9e5dc7e
86 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-36086' strongly suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, although not directly visible in the provided excerpt, is the likely mechanism for delivering a malicious payload, as suggested by the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' heuristic. The file's purpose is to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0006_000.js
4c1a723292b48b7ac0a5fea1d186b5749dc788dfda2524ef7bcc3ecf9d5deb6f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 137519 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).