Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d48c8076e3a56e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: a9028a2a707f299b6d25aa85cd1637f0 SHA-1: 8d65984f18aa9508f0faa8f14bb7987c79d8a7d7 SHA-256: 4d48c8076e3a56e251551710ed098f380f31041a18590e414df5d2d52891b68d
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The sample is a PDF file identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066. Static analysis detected embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit a PDF vulnerability. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though the specific actions are obscured by obfuscation.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes