Pdf.Dropper.Agent — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 465b60fa5100cc07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: 8a3497cd9cd9a6f47d1e851fb94eb735 SHA-1: 47a0f0f9510fd4667cee563956529d38d8a214a2 SHA-256: 465b60fa5100cc07d597aa4f7889db96a7dc924d4e0d9f4fa9c866c60fe6ee28
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Pdf.Dropper.Agent · confidence 95%

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic identifies this PDF as Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7256555-0, a known malicious dropper. The presence of embedded JavaScript, confirmed by multiple heuristics, indicates the file is designed to execute code. This script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, a common technique for droppers. The document body content is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further clues.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7256555-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7256555-0
  • 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
javascript_obj0005_000.js
a3319192cac6d4dc4eeb6af2d736b0ffec979b23116a003bc7c23382761c32a5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148 733 bytes
deobfuscated.js
e29f5d59cfe6e84fabd16bb3ae26c42c2d0d0de7bf3b1da1b61c1e61c4f99983
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 4588 bytes