Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41d9aeb78052557e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9969-01-01 Authoring application: 7088
MD5: c6bf89955ed2f10094cf4c1805506183 SHA-1: 241479413cc498b4f05ecba04772b4d72591e2b6 SHA-256: 41d9aeb78052557eee18304ed5227ea54284399eb74a0924a2fe9eb940542aab
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader, potentially leading to further payload execution. No specific family could be identified, and the document body was unreadable.

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
5f942204ebd20eddee9e4cc19bfb7b03134f5dcd981f0973a61b4eae32481b18
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4816 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).