Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 327e9207619b67fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5981-01-01 Authoring application: 2033
MD5: 81f9e3f2c30c4666669843eca5afe6e4 SHA-1: 441b35984ac793ea265c4679b25ca5d8a90326db SHA-256: 327e9207619b67fdfaed84f28e5eb7dd9e420068e921152b899dc13cea19c5c6
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' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery. The lack of readable document body text prevents a more specific assessment of the lure, but the technical indicators point to a malicious exploit.

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
e9416fe80f8e1e16804e3272c7230aef55058eecc782cca98e4330406c428008
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4802 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).