Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b0ec1df9f8ddbf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8128-01-01 Authoring application: 9485
MD5: 9f57a11eb2625b28b9f138044d1f0583 SHA-1: f425b32ee43f085fb02c87169ceff1e7d2be971b SHA-256: 3b0ec1df9f8ddbf1a43cf923653b327a0f3961542e46f908512283bee23305fe
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve exploiting a PDF vulnerability to download and execute a secondary payload.

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
455197b5c1a5abc13b233563d654b0cb7c6189f50d03c08cd735cc809770d44b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4772 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).