Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c95a01bbb7a6c63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8745-01-01 Authoring application: 7402
MD5: 766ad50f7adb2cd170a07ada2f81d037 SHA-1: 3afe833f68573f488698d3668d266d78ca0c5d58 SHA-256: 4c95a01bbb7a6c63c639048605a1a7204069680becb0f836c1f72aaff032f128
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is an exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malicious scripts designed to download and execute further stages. The exact payload and delivery mechanism are not fully discernible due to obfuscation, but the intent is clearly malicious exploitation.

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
294fb76dfb30ebf92d34d739f40000159514906f0ccf484efebd36962aa8c9ff
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5044 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).