Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d354d0e818516e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2549-01-01 Authoring application: 3558
MD5: 032eb8ce2436fff158c654f8467cbd01 SHA-1: 1a14e81eae8a295798b22f72c4435c7f99088f06 SHA-256: 2d354d0e818516e37d08c041d4d204bbf70f5dcf1fbd1541400b80f6e0530077
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 'EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE' heuristic flags suspicious extracted artifacts like 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' with hex escape obfuscation and script obfuscation indicators. ClamAV also detected this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload.

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
a2ed2fe28523671b63b0ec4039a20db8d4a61d504c1b6413bdd8f8d1a5786319
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4801 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).