Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ba5d093b8bf792e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8877-01-01 Authoring application: 7254
MD5: 8516b81aabfc352ca1c4fd7b6b2d95b0 SHA-1: 64e78d56a2692bee0498d1c6095a2784079882fa SHA-256: 2ba5d093b8bf792e33ff540e825e9fa43bb3fc80a26d61739339298c666e204a
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' was flagged for obfuscation, pointing towards malicious intent. The likely purpose of the script is to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware.

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
ef3230510dc62c8eaa5adccf8d524b93719deec289bae638669e54104463b5ca
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4779 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).