Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34b160241e4d2f17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 2947c0c0c403b50c82900b4939cbd209 SHA-1: 5f9c6a9a53f40f4e881a699aef6b71cfc99055a2 SHA-256: 34b160241e4d2f1756f4e7e823bbc98db9db2d014c5cd25835cb8365de1922ca
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 this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121, confirming its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code. No specific URLs or hashes were extracted, but the presence of exploit code is highly suspicious.

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
1322adbdeb99188741418e0c4d8842b9f0d3664fe3a5c70404b5f18710c3d896
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA88 370 bytes