Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e46c4303b37dee3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 54dd7b7b623aff27a353572238a656ab SHA-1: c2e318ffd4193fe9054a0d380ec63b4d26ce36d8 SHA-256: 4e46c4303b37dee37bedcf213afa1fc1ffe2b1c32757dc0f761990b8b811d2bd
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic indicates this PDF is a known exploit, specifically 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, strongly suggests that the exploit is delivered via this script. The script's purpose is likely to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the exact mechanism is obscured by the PDF structure. The document body is unreadable, providing no further context.

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