Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b7a4fba78b42a6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4187-01-01 Authoring application: 9409
MD5: 925e5f24f235878ba77ce6aa806acb43 SHA-1: 25013adc2c1ddac169307677dd4ea2e47d47fcfb SHA-256: 2b7a4fba78b42a6abe769d1ea5f044e8e74ae1487f8a26e19e762bc7667c1a74
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. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malware attempting to download and execute further stages. The lack of readable document body text means the primary indicators are the embedded script and the exploit detection.

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
40bf246587c393cd4dc30abd1a4ea987636965e7d1710a446d89cebe77cc414d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5167 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).