Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48fc1d3fdce3a24d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3940-01-01 Authoring application: 9397
MD5: 871707a01915a2985b719ed7f79474e7 SHA-1: 2d95a15909c70d8c99544783325c4244c2fb285a SHA-256: 48fc1d3fdce3a24dccd8869431150c294c970ff430981f287543b9f8ec4e1e1a
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. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malware attempting to hide its malicious actions. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run this script, likely to download and execute a secondary 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
6b00211cb8a072ff1169ca7bc45e5c6f9ca61cbe599370ace0bc02ce28aad097
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4791 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).