Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56ea37da645f9f67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4294-01-01 Authoring application: 6601
MD5: 31b50fabdfbf84b90d50e339d02f18db SHA-1: bc8dfaebf78555e04abe9c19bba83d6646ed927f SHA-256: 56ea37da645f9f67e70db3abd928d6994a9d8d4b8ffab49cbea6c684c622e059
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014', suggesting it's a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, extracted as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common attack vector for PDF exploits.

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
65c93b02571cb955281a849ca1142b5c123c8a7a9de9ee585d788186e6e6c332
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4789 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).