Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e3582dab451a41f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 8a7517899dfa2e56dbdfd98b420e80ab SHA-1: f432dc37dbc88a62d2b1897642aeb0b60b2eddd2 SHA-256: 7e3582dab451a41f832a67466c58beca799a93bf5c63222224df1fedfc97647b
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection indicates this PDF is malicious, specifically identified as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36177'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, suggests the file attempts to leverage a PDF exploit to run code. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though its exact function cannot be determined due to obfuscation.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36177 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36177
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
a7e6203b0e8f812879ed8382ccbb3900ad81b5a92faf27692f51de6e8c96c13a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 569 bytes