Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cfd63030c8b8c86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.5 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)
MD5: 0fd1f854af05dd0f9044204bd81d82fd SHA-1: b4197eadfea7126be082f19deb41af32659f2cf2 SHA-256: 7cfd63030c8b8c8645b74e8d076f54ea4cb5aa55e4a11cedfff6d30d325aad2c
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF document that contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541' strongly suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, identified as 'javascript_obj0027_000.js', is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, potentially downloading additional malware. The 'PDF_LAUNCH' heuristic further supports the execution of external content.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0027_000.js
9aca34e629c66acffc6f672b60a3eb380bfc5f7311fcebfab5f03cae78194a8a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x21C1 14671 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).