Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a5da7a27196d9d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7081-01-01 Authoring application: 7306
MD5: 53b39c935aee70ee75c7edb10edd84a3 SHA-1: 7a62434561d60f6ea07d0edbf55082690e13c0de SHA-256: 3a5da7a27196d9d4005443ef2898d10d11246e2d22f2f8a55e24bc3302535465
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the exploit, leading to the malicious verdict. The document body is unreadable, so the rationale is based on the technical findings.

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
f8c6a80f63524151a126981d50e71b3d2052472ef8715a8a65db0dfe529d97c9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5140 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).