Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35f394e5e426c99f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1601-01-01 Authoring application: 7369
MD5: 4590cb5ad42879f7423efe8afa83d4e2 SHA-1: c858006c5e52f5f1ff166b023f8c5bd7ac64c88a SHA-256: 35f394e5e426c99f2e6b20b81412401db691bce426de2c8ec89f5ad5ee81a144
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits known PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript is obfuscated and likely responsible for delivering a secondary payload or exploiting a vulnerability, though its exact function cannot be determined due to obfuscation.

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
c221168fcb3d24ee905bac168300868b2c731123e95032a839b4b0a0fcd5abd1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 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).