Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e9e18a6f3e9a239…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 67b0a5eb62d5092959bcde69e72c3588 SHA-1: d87ea8e0d3ac3d254963e23c3aa6d7e426ffa5dc SHA-256: 3e9e18a6f3e9a23927abc76d1102e70f11bddc9fcac889942f8d5082eae672b1
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV heuristic indicates this PDF contains a known exploit, specifically 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by two low-severity heuristics, strongly suggests that the exploit is delivered via this script. The script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common attack vector for malicious PDFs.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes