Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ff9032618ae0fc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 982 Authoring application: 738
MD5: 04c00fb2f1368264cffe841722ffd736 SHA-1: b452aad36cbc5c32460e99de0cddd1d8d29e2e34 SHA-256: 4ff9032618ae0fc464007d0ec5ab199175a328fd28b17f0b5c336646708e6798
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristic identifies the file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014', suggesting it's a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve downloading and executing 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
dfc1438843371a5b7f16fca32b1926e09a7350cac19956d007eb62fd44cd6f30
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4795 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).