Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46612f7216ac010c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4988-01-01 Authoring application: 1083
MD5: 4fc0603783ac41080ed29b53723d6d0f SHA-1: a208fb0f118e30afec45903648da691ba573f53c SHA-256: 46612f7216ac010c5010b754c9ba7c12b9adbaeb52ffd4e69f881b386757c56c
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. ClamAV also detected the file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The embedded JavaScript, extracted as javascript_obj0013_001.js, is obfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
695e5c0b1b0bc3e1814b79c96cd77c195fa67ab9af9dae6af19b0c5dfc3f5fa7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4774 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).