Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55cc584d0fbcbc81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2049-01-01 Authoring application: 6056
MD5: 4678af7dc75b0c23ee316cd922707dfe SHA-1: 4c6842ac83fbb89aa1053d92dda41a9f7a9bafe4 SHA-256: 55cc584d0fbcbc81c66bf016856c8a8294f0dda1f63abcfb7015a53604f28903
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, found in javascript_obj0013_001.js, is obfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing 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
db23c48955488e666de381ccf04606dfa112b699813ae6c0072c855b4dbc7722
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4781 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).