Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45154b95d3e55f6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 92c9efcdba3afdadc863777dfb1c0aa0 SHA-1: 6d232c261f0d46ef1a98d203c0edd8824a0efc2c SHA-256: 45154b95d3e55f6d8f197b65d2ca15cd545d6b3a18087034bcdd604b2bbb6307
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063' strongly suggests a known PDF exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common attack vector for PDF-based malware. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV signature are sufficient to infer the attack pattern.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off000001d2.js
eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D2 273 bytes
deobfuscated.js
00712af5a4e5686ec24f8579e2df0da11775b334d32082ec79a675d6e4e69102
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 11800 bytes