Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58c3e424822b975c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB
MD5: 02048b22eb7f58c6c72d8b7abfac7473 SHA-1: 604112dd47876a55039dc43bd6e3b17135ca9287 SHA-256: 58c3e424822b975cec5a459997d6d152ebf55fa654910ca91663165a649c089c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection confirms this is malware, specifically 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.

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
485b1902972804a84eca3fb76393f3d499f18363c7b35d222c2bda9882bf7b1e
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
dd93350d7e7d17f9d32b4dbab484694241353a254b3d770d956c991f0e1733f8
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x9FE 2540 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).