Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 287a97816ffdca46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2732-01-01 Authoring application: 8057
MD5: 22d962f46eb32c6e06f333acc57666f0 SHA-1: a46b2738ce70fd8f42d9688bedc8c8f57aa0a4e1 SHA-256: 287a97816ffdca46e34f40f20736840bed33f387e102314940957ce6463749a3
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits a known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, identified as javascript_obj0013_001.js, shows signs of obfuscation and hex escape sequences, typical of exploit delivery mechanisms. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging a PDF vulnerability to execute this malicious 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
7a91e78e544e5c2e4735999d0cee6a1dee3ce8c5f600537201f8bb585a4d6e64
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4813 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).