Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e45f5fb3a66026a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6533-01-01 Authoring application: 3044
MD5: 544b6361b0ba049ff2e405e93fd8e671 SHA-1: d101de806e2497dd108fad6866c0c53492e01016 SHA-256: 3e45f5fb3a66026a8819456d470ee13033d912a6b8deb4adb82394a2df3a760d
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, identified as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation and hex escape sequences, typical of attempts to hide malicious code. This script likely downloads and executes a second-stage 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
d2f5561d56f1b2fa38c048959ddd3807d38fea17bc62d98577f979065eab170c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4760 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).