Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26e8c1f0a00c5f2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5106-01-01 Authoring application: 9609
MD5: 87e734f5d4b9bdabf5a78904b6db481f SHA-1: ab83c57a0e2445a58b114405b08f6a4ba65c8ecf SHA-256: 26e8c1f0a00c5f2be864353cdf3ec9a416c16b71c94a5b8474938a3159c656ad
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of attempts to hide malicious code. While the exact exploit or payload is not detailed, the presence of JavaScript in a PDF commonly leads to arbitrary code execution or further payload delivery.

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
c027a82657a1f297e9084615e823cd051f36517d9acc7e01c0056bdf466d62c4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5208 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).