Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 307b3ee217e7c29d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB Authoring application: öƒ"vÐ^Z—alÍwîp)è8҇÷F
MD5: 6b63a7380ecf42d9ca641d356566f240 SHA-1: 9b2907e79801ef39868e68e9e19f6d1015245d15 SHA-256: 307b3ee217e7c29dac61d23d868d9f9afa102435bb3826335e390876eaf6e112
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7245679-0. It contains embedded JavaScript, and is encrypted with JavaScript, indicating an attempt to obfuscate the malicious payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and encrypted content suggests the file is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body contains seemingly random characters and a string that may be a placeholder or part of an obfuscation technique.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7245679-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7245679-0
  • Encrypted PDF carries /OpenAction — payload hidden from static analysis high PDF_ENCRYPTED_WITH_JS
    PDF declares /Encrypt and also references an executable trigger (/OpenAction). Document encryption hides the JavaScript body and stream contents from static scanners — combined with auto-execution indicators this is a known evasion pattern used to deliver weaponised JavaScript that the analyst cannot inspect without the decryption key.
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
9694bebff86a8840da1ed87a67a0a51cf67990b644769fc6eadebd6f44b35632
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x2EA 2377 bytes