Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2adf1555d6cd6b62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2033-01-01 Authoring application: 3961
MD5: 7441245408c82e3284303511c0398da5 SHA-1: 9ac5c1b16f8ad784f355d80cc45924e1ef0bc962 SHA-256: 2adf1555d6cd6b627932c3f3e9b57e4d8219996165a95d2c1c2f9adef886e693
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 embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation and hex escape sequences, suggesting it is designed to perform malicious actions such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The lack of readable document body text prevents a more specific determination of the lure, but the technical indicators point to a PDF exploit.

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
d5c781c9a9cce236a95a1f99c39e32b7cd2ea63ccaf358fac40636205cb82bfc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4807 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).