Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50ac97dce80948e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3387-01-01 Authoring application: 1335
MD5: 0e2ce6913ecb23c81ffecf1f7abc8e50 SHA-1: c822bc44aae93248f5529357ff3f59c2157d0527 SHA-256: 50ac97dce80948e7b770faaeed8d5058dbc20d561c72ee773f9e4a2fc7a49fc4
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests exploitation of a PDF vulnerability. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains malicious code designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
afbec5bd8a5f10977c57325d60099c6e9684673cedbdb84917bbb99ce20e7f61
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4801 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).