Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33997d96e34841d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: 18a580ddac948a40cd6fa440cca7e2a7 SHA-1: b5170ceac8db7c532836d0ededf0f7374a65a180 SHA-256: 33997d96e34841d4095da980c7c5bdc4f49dc73528df9d9680d9515288578501
76 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 also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing malicious code or downloading a secondary payload, which is a common attack vector for malicious PDFs. No specific IOCs like URLs or hashes were extracted from the limited document body.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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
960e3a06b9c8c522d87add68e372143271354d69d3195113129248833dc9a155
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9D5 469 bytes