Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5936bbeb44400c7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4822-01-01 Authoring application: 6771
MD5: 265d85f6a77e453413807015b4169f97 SHA-1: 6588164e8e5290b45338606c7beebeac562e4944 SHA-256: 5936bbeb44400c7e4cf83ed991974d2e2388db7f8a20a6f1dc458c848b1c20fb
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the exploit, potentially leading to further stages of infection. The document body is unreadable, so the rationale is based on the technical findings.

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
a17bb321789104a28474133599f08d80b0085f687868715e531c024cd194e6e6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 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).