Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45783cdfc6b6f0ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 7543895dc9ba2e0e1fc0dd3340ead889 SHA-1: 1ae390cb88db8bc7f6268ccd8146d345253777e5 SHA-256: 45783cdfc6b6f0ead98d0487890ef6826f3c62f4e70273ffff2b807aa6d97a25
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. ClamAV detections 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36365' and 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36364' strongly suggest exploitation of a PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is the likely mechanism for executing the exploit, which is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36365 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36365
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
d2b5b219a4c0e76d4379347ae87e27a8b876ffa79e792b3565e7ec0b082484e9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11296 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36364
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely