Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d78e6706cfa6e61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2081-01-01 Authoring application: 1335
MD5: caa622e3bfc453ee17bb8f33a13b870b SHA-1: 77c15816909a72ee37fda62b18f545198527a699 SHA-256: 2d78e6706cfa6e619593d0c8b428981254352f0f4b8eaa7b6c723045fa9a63e4
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 this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' was flagged for obfuscation, suggesting it's designed to hide malicious activity, likely downloading and executing a second-stage 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
59ee8e748c83d3bea8505886b2d0d15b44aa241efe6edc6f8b4b1b66d4fc1f5f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4806 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).