Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b9e923ed2de6b01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: 39e4e6993511ade52333dff32b2e384f SHA-1: c8b65bf240ec6882282b334ee37f5a323bd2f93c SHA-256: 2b9e923ed2de6b013d982d7c11184d9d43c6fd1c12f98b450e1ff935aa93888f
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121' confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a PDF vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution, leading to the download or execution of a secondary payload. The document body is unreadable, providing no further context on the lure.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
d23cb77370ea90c99d020c8f5c1fcda206600f10c2324648c1e42975fd7a0090
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA96 397 bytes