Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44458c80cd1a544e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 81 Authoring application: 3179
MD5: aaa44fcb3f5008c1bb3220813ea5fb03 SHA-1: 66e1bf12336a17c114358c0654142bdad9d448cb SHA-256: 44458c80cd1a544e8bf8752b194dbc558c4ec70b6998195ab90efeab3dc6f9a8
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits known PDF vulnerabilities. The extracted JavaScript artifact shows signs of obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
50babfa13962d98f5fefc1c732bdb499fc5bb3f7ea5d153733fe0ad8299c8b7a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4762 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).