Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26b8a34e9f72fa13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1220-01-01 Authoring application: 5314
MD5: 468f16fdeb1438668634d7758a164497 SHA-1: 0e978490eb1c5cc267013ab1f045a4d75f1e1a5d SHA-256: 26b8a34e9f72fa13b48b0941eb0681370738439e6e780893b346322b8c4c531c
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests exploitation. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains the malicious code responsible for the exploit, though its specific actions are not detailed here. The presence of JavaScript within a PDF is a common delivery mechanism for exploits.

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
d0afc96153f239d94590e1e4ab1ae92f548e328de539a66ec100fdf1ef144a94
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4794 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).