Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d8a58bf67445f0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.9 KB
MD5: 7f5f9148be25e78ffa5ce5e07db41764 SHA-1: bcf9e12faf546cafc6f5265a5c1c90ea2a9e0ced SHA-256: 4d8a58bf67445f0e27626b5864384c9b42c927468dcc11de7c4c46dcc7a51d02
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EVAL, and PDF_UNESCAPE. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the deobfuscated stream, likely contains code to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common attack pattern for PDF exploits. The document body is unreadable, providing no further context.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111611_000.js
f23e505f155bfa9b9f356fa9fddf8d7fcafcc37fc2df3878e575e72c00c819d4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x66F 697 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
5d163753866538af8fc31f82c23f6a0c5fdf6419bf9b6245d5ab2df37b9dd0ea
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 2834 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).