Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58e4034002c2b99f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2671-01-01 Authoring application: 2807
MD5: 015b939844752a5e02717924f4eca569 SHA-1: c2cef7ab364c5432e5a01aeab98cb6d29af27d0d SHA-256: 58e4034002c2b99ff9ede098f9081df5fb55db1e91d7b642c9ff4d333760af47
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. ClamAV also detected it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' was flagged for obfuscation, suggesting it is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The exact nature of the payload is not discernible due to obfuscation, leading to a lower confidence in family attribution.

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
c7aa90a61b7d4edd1e631f02b66d9af3c68742df568706aa6b2e3893d0762b4c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4795 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).