Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 500609de13ff44b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB
MD5: 0222810bddbe283bc53483fc0d6802e3 SHA-1: db8619d290563f9d3cbb63c13139e70b02d79460 SHA-256: 500609de13ff44b4518d4b9b6ac057793d83435c0ce77455ab01e80c9e735c1f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection indicates this is a known malware variant, Win.Trojan.Agent-36169. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, likely contains code to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the heuristic 'Suspicious extracted artifact — Signals: Script obfuscation indicators'. The document body content appears to be obfuscated script fragments rather than user-readable text.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
436cff00234397e48803d228e562fdc789a962070010d96bc5cd102d7e2530c7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2019 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
6615bafdfca3443f4e226384bdb5b622622cea29fad1cb3aad6a924ef5787e9e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x9FE 2540 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).