Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28686725d4c2b329…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1983-01-01 Authoring application: 5667
MD5: 1b0b971f5b5746a2a83537d555f0c591 SHA-1: b64c0b518d15f9643c2c96663d5326cfc99558c1 SHA-256: 28686725d4c2b32926befe82b4cccd37d3acd8b898be8abebaf54fc803bb0781
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014). Static analysis detected embedded JavaScript and JavaScript actions within the PDF structure. The extracted JavaScript artifact shows signs of obfuscation, indicating an attempt to hide malicious code execution. The primary function appears to be exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run this obfuscated script.

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
e731a67f5fc4fb30c74b3e6ed4cd7e6a2c1f6ff877aaf746e4b0a4a5bbb58dc6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4768 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).