Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59e31228f0e98905…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 531 Authoring application: 6122
MD5: 6b6040bea571f02a9612e7483dcfa266 SHA-1: 7059fa358bc552a7e616b5648e8fed51c6fba1d2 SHA-256: 59e31228f0e9890584c82e08d9cd921a19f587ab58fba140cec393930973aa09
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of exploit delivery mechanisms. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging JavaScript within the PDF to trigger an exploit, likely leading to further stages of malware execution.

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
86fd828a0ee4f25ffa1016de9cbda1e3c54f11b869ca52e7fa6591548e45d856
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4804 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).