Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52b4d49f8031d993…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7846-01-01 Authoring application: 9351
MD5: 73cfaaee4fbfd84218a2374b63a989c8 SHA-1: db0d98ae7213922f2069413d1afc786012b892c4 SHA-256: 52b4d49f8031d9937696f2480bcf3b4fde8e2a48a91afa8a6715bb2c82300ee9
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' likely contains obfuscated code designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.

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
b684baf4ac1df0af0193cea4e01ad85b9b78eb596d394cda9fad0ff1dbeb5571
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4792 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).