Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dadbb170c263d4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2436-01-01 Authoring application: 6644
MD5: 4fe67f9beef32df0cb4eda71c1ab6591 SHA-1: 79c918f53b8cee72d131eaf6f5b4e60a55462272 SHA-256: 2dadbb170c263d4d13124d998eae927bc197cf4b5035d61ac5ace2a911136105
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 critical ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014) and the suspicious extracted artifact (javascript_obj0013_001.js) with obfuscation indicators strongly suggest this is a malicious PDF exploiting a vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
a2ea86787abe7b9dd6312f2520163daca80df95cd159cc57d549f7182aef9f13
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4809 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).