Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e5b5ed36de78a73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 677 Authoring application: 9628
MD5: b085c7ff258cdc8fc2b908ef00db2c81 SHA-1: 6c5e998be11d5ac262609108fdf02b429f5eb9de SHA-256: 2e5b5ed36de78a73b36d7133cdf9305a4349922c91408794b1679ad1f7b446b3
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. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests malicious intent, likely involving an exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its payload. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious PDF that executes embedded scripts to exploit vulnerabilities.

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
7f361f6adb53fd3acee9992d64e62bece14217c3710171e452b35bf101b78e57
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).