Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5651ecd877744c13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.2 KB
MD5: 143101a990120b680d66f0f0cb4ec671 SHA-1: 83d6f013d1bcdb1864d03f306a427f7f184874fb SHA-256: 5651ecd877744c1375817b8874c9f8b761b2d31cbd87cdb19997379066a5ee8c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection indicates it is a known malicious trojan (Win.Trojan.Agent-36169). The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access and further infection. The DOC BODY content appears to be obfuscated script fragments rather than user-readable text.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
fbdfda8591b9916ed8ec0026d0d9e2341da92e069f958c5a94cf17edec93090f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2019 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
c3df0b6d669953258363ab802ac0d32c63d5685d76eb2e0ad1f70f86b924f691
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x9FE 1256 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).