Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45febbe8ad8bffc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6828-01-01 Authoring application: 158
MD5: 3f4ab9f4b6bb595687bde4a29fae997c SHA-1: fe738fef13a9cc3426e6e9e73e80f2e541984226 SHA-256: 45febbe8ad8bffc66141f58e024cc9176882ac2298a63bb08eaa572bc77e6b23
96 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. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it's a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, although obfuscated, is the primary mechanism for exploitation. The extracted file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' likely contains the malicious 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
36731cc67c71ef8aacb87d2e7c8de9ed2240ff24de0c4a4e9cb7d8a7f1f8bd2a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4810 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).