Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 493054d47894620c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4033-01-01 Authoring application: 8971
MD5: 1f7beb70e3bdbd2be40e0a6723d831b3 SHA-1: 6940827ed63a0d2f8ffbd8430b0b35d8f49b5b45 SHA-256: 493054d47894620c1d128d46c1fa28686c7fe70dd6e23aa433fb0be072b3c1d4
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of attempts to hide malicious code. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging JavaScript within the PDF to execute exploits.

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
4afdad57701dcf555a66136887d584c2e81fa49b1aafbfa0e70ae0f3697bd3f8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 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).