Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d74426980a50ae4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4423-01-01 Authoring application: 3391
MD5: c8aa39496fc192c55eacc32959ce0513 SHA-1: ea6e31c5ef12990c0f61865c5d9fcabddbe9c205 SHA-256: 7d74426980a50ae44f749a657950d6a021bbd451d124ff3cab3ad2c36e1c2e36
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. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it's a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, likely obfuscated, is expected to download and execute a second-stage payload. The file type and heuristic firings strongly indicate a malicious PDF designed for exploit delivery.

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
9361fad62e33e6e025bfedbdd6a17aaf1610508afd1ebe9693f9b22c7618a338
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4791 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).