Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4584d2b13746554d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 6f01e3cdf2b0b9fb1a09454885ae71e0 SHA-1: 158a2caae723727f3a781b45fd2db5fb0a689026 SHA-256: 4584d2b13746554d2c678c66f66d5e562eec8bbd4ec2befad72ffce305683613
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066' strongly suggests this JavaScript is malicious and exploits a known vulnerability within PDF viewers. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. Due to the lack of readable document body text and obfuscated script content, the exact payload and delivery mechanism cannot be definitively determined.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes