Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28ab3ebf065fe034…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9931-01-01 Authoring application: 2854
MD5: 5a6fc00f894d9d90b01ca181f75fd119 SHA-1: 6c94ed05bf33f1a37231596f2f7c8d93646ba614 SHA-256: 28ab3ebf065fe03433d68b777b3613830d37399dd67fa534e964ecce4edb9afd
96 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-36014' further confirms its malicious nature. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, suggesting it is designed to perform malicious actions such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The lack of readable document body text and the nature of the embedded script point towards a common PDF exploit delivery mechanism.

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
5caa2d5b34a7ec1cf2a7fd920cc5576a951c1fb01a871845fc4adeee349beab9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4786 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).