Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 410f31dba6fa82cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9611-01-01 Authoring application: 4830
MD5: 7b28a3c19045a77c87f2f1dff3a0de17 SHA-1: 9e2deb0159e904699011516ad241b2b78680d77d SHA-256: 410f31dba6fa82cf1effff9769a3e7425e694fd3164bd14aaf88ed0e6050a1ac
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known PDF exploit. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' shows obfuscation, typical of malicious scripts designed to download and execute further stages. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run this script.

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
1a1a168646ac64ad2fa809b1363601f503732a52fa60f0df2e47cc1009e877f1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4771 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).