Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75f8bf0f3265d98b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7409-01-01 Authoring application: 8095
MD5: 979f060db38cfea336d4792ecb01a38d SHA-1: 0d2ba73ea80155df0a8ebf04f5f2fbd7687f0e59 SHA-256: 75f8bf0f3265d98b183d3a2313a97ebfdc292210027257e3f32fae7bc574ebeb
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, javascript_obj0013_001.js, is obfuscated and likely responsible for executing the malicious payload.

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
087ed9d811178d5dc7b15e8f44ff3a5d2a82774e3bfe9649280d8a6d5809ab4c
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).