Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53242b2d40669a48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: 5a08f957117ec51c40b24f836ec9c3a8 SHA-1: 2323b5c800716c1f44053bd4c5a55c7bc990b752 SHA-256: 53242b2d40669a4875061161218aef4663dca9f74bb3005a939c94d2cb62ed0f
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by heuristic firings PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection of Win.Trojan.Agent-36281. The presence of JavaScript within a PDF strongly suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick the user into executing malicious code.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36281 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36281
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
109d77e8f872465c918d1889adad95d1df25d63c90afe4f86d072914a961dbf0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x369 11515 bytes