Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a7e14e61f3df32d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2437-01-01 Authoring application: 9933
MD5: 1026892250f5d8cbf9f0b0064465366c SHA-1: a3e6e38b4b27dc86957684a42156232fcfe8a6d7 SHA-256: 4a7e14e61f3df32d3989b0ede7a54baa7a72343f510e345f3fc2f4ed4974917a
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests exploitation capabilities. The extracted JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, likely to download and execute a second-stage 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
9ed1b7ff0876349344f61c06771f78f1c40b9b76c0e546736e33380cb3a3fbd5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4812 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).