Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51416965c3d86d01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4552-01-01 Authoring application: 1061
MD5: 2d807e73f107e69c811567f0655c992a SHA-1: 8e2449e3bd284302aec1086da973c9713d05e457 SHA-256: 51416965c3d86d019c0610d3db94b072ec8f19416867f9466dde81a660fccde1
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this JavaScript is malicious and exploits a known vulnerability within PDF documents. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The confidence is slightly reduced due to the lack of specific script content for detailed analysis.

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
296858aad3fb49a8097fa4e5e9545b35a8854a92b0e426e66e37284d474d1213
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4796 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).