Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ce84d49ef93ce0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB Authoring application: Tisilarehaue (via 8ec87Tibedegabala)
MD5: cb30f4ff60b99da6ef053e588ed9c17d SHA-1: 0d128984a635b9112afe7835ca9f81a2af5eece3 SHA-256: 2ce84d49ef93ce0fa12b88e021259d78536f98d598faeb49b315f0c9c2fb915c
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic identified the file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36142, indicating a known malicious PDF exploit. Low-severity heuristics also detected embedded JavaScript, which is commonly used in PDF exploits to download and execute further payloads. The document body content is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear user-facing text, reinforcing the likelihood of an exploit-driven attack rather than a social engineering lure.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36142 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36142
  • 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_obj0010_000.js
d4dce4f95f7146e3b127d68edf45ceb045483a205d9e9a2a53d6e6b80d83b663
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x1230 1728 bytes