Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 428f06515819ac76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4292-01-01 Authoring application: 9215
MD5: 717595d75c7a36bd408b080ee54782d7 SHA-1: 376db5a9973a2c1fadcfd4c04ff4979fb7641af1 SHA-256: 428f06515819ac76c09fa140f8708168b508e6390b9ee3852ad39a07ecb4824e
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 a known exploit. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' was flagged for obfuscation, implying it likely contains malicious code designed to exploit vulnerabilities or download further payloads. The confidence is moderate due to the lack of specific script content analysis.

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
def48a963d63c67333ebcdaffafbe47aecce9a52695eda7593027d70ef54427c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4770 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).