Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47e0b3dc42543d56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.0 KB Created: 2009-05-13 08:45:36 Authoring application: DIJpiTxwvfsQUlXvazlj (via CMkYGqSWtIabcAmwhf)
MD5: 4c9b9f9cb29a7b343db949769f4858ac SHA-1: 8f079e606ca23d4bcd6e6724261043c71f2030ac SHA-256: 47e0b3dc42543d5653af915c786c1ea9ccc42631d82d9f8715c8ce778b86345f
86 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-35572' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0007_000.js', is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The use of String.fromCharCode in the script further suggests obfuscation techniques common in malware.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
87afbc2588e84b880603e514d8f25b58388cad74a9051e005ff19c242aeb7b7e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x41C 7415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).