Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ee8178d4adc07be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 64 Authoring application: 8752
MD5: 23a328f87ea143e126b34655535b9630 SHA-1: 7ea47d61156faa5ecad7d962422d73960b07da8f SHA-256: 3ee8178d4adc07bed34cd26c12c4a56e931e42502579243970c4f237ddeb6e8c
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader, leading to the execution of further malicious code. The 'Suspicious extracted artifact' heuristic also flags obfuscation techniques within the JavaScript.

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
1b871c959429876b7c0ca604c06063f941916ca6002fe60092dd2b12d1958b83
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4786 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).